Comment by inejge
One could do worse than using Eco's Ur-Fascism[1] as the starting point. The man had personal experience and he could write (oh how he could write.) However, I'd expect that some would dismiss him as an inveterate lefty (he wasn't), so we're back on square one.
[1] https://archive.org/details/umberto-eco-ur-fascism/umberto-e...