pbThere is no better book on fascism's complex and vexed relationship with truth.--Jason Stanley, author of iHow Fascism Works The Politics of Us and Themib p In this short companion to his booki From Fascism to Populism in Historyii, iworld-renowned historian Federico Finchelstein explains why fascists regarded simple and often hateful lies as truth, and why so many of their followers believed the falsehoods. Throughout the history of the twentieth century, many supporters of fascist ideologies regarded political lies as truth incarnated in their leader. From Hitler to Mussolini, fascist leaders capitalized on lies as the base of their power and popular sovereignty. p This history continues in the present, when lies again seem to increasingly replace empirical truth. Now that actual news is presented as fake news and false news becomes government policy, iA Brief History of Fascist Liesi urges us to remember that the current talk of post-truth has a long political and intellectual lin