CHRISTOFASCISM – AN UNPRECEDENTED THREAT TO INTELLIGENCE SERVICES IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD Cover Image

CHRISTOFASCISM – AN UNPRECEDENTED THREAT TO INTELLIGENCE SERVICES IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD
CHRISTOFASCISM – AN UNPRECEDENTED THREAT TO INTELLIGENCE SERVICES IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD

Author(s): Alexandru IORDACHE
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense
Published by: National Institute for Intelligence Studies
Keywords: christofascism; religious fanaticism; Romanian Orthodox Church; propaganda; intelligence;

Summary/Abstract: The main themes covered in this study concern the relationship between the far-right nationalist movement and religion in Interwar Romania, following the transformations that occurred in the political and legal status of the representative institutions, in the sense of protecting their own identities and objectives, as well as in the direction of obtaining a role as important as possible at the decision-making table in the state. Also, relying on the analysis of the recently declassified documentary fund in the Romanian Intelligence Service Archive, I have aimed to obtain a well-documented answer regarding the way in which the religious rhetoric promoted by radical groups in the Legionary Movement amplified the adversity towards the authorities - whether they were military, intelligence, political or religious – sometimes leading to violent disputes with them.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 2(30)
  • Page Range: 129-163
  • Page Count: 35
  • Language: English