Robert O. Paxton

Robert O. Paxton is an American historian and professor emeritus at Columbia University, one of the world's foremost scholars of fascism and Vichy France. His book and audiobook The Anatomy of Fascism is a definitive analysis of how fascism works — how it rises, takes power and governs — drawing on historical examples from across Europe. Paxton's writing is rigorous, clear and deeply important, and the audiobook is essential listening for anyone seeking to understand one of the twentieth century's most destructive political movements.