Constantin Iordachi is Professor of History at the Central European University in Vienna, Austria.

Introduction: Fascism as a Political Faith: Toward a New Research Framework

PART I
A New Covenant: The Making of the Legionary Political Faith, 1927-1937

1. National Unification, Cleavages, and Charismatic Nationalism in Greater Romania
2. A New Political Faith: National Authenticity and theCult of the Ancestors
3. Charismatic Nationalism, Patriarchalism, and Salvation: The Cult of the "Captain"
4. Manufacturing Martyrdom: The Cult of the Fallen Soldiers, Terrorism, and Salvific Sacrifice
5. Fascist Constituencies: Social Identities and Fascist Radicalization

PART II
A Continuum of Dictatorships: Hybrid Totalitarian Experiments, 1937-1944

6. Carol Ii's Dictatorship: From Antifascism to Fascistization (1938-1940)
7. Teaching the New Faith: The Legion's Rule (1940-1941)
8. A Fascist Festival of the Dead: Codreanu's Reburial and the Politics of National Resurrection
9. The Legionary Faith and the Romanian Orthodox Church

Conclusion: From a Civil Religion to a Fascist Political Faith