(. . .) Finally, the arbitrary and subjective identification of the ruling post-war Right with the Nation, the genuine, the "healthy," the "true Nation," had as a long-term ideological result the undermining and erosion of unifying sentiments, common psychology, and the self-evident patriotic reflexes that exist in all societies that know how to resolve their internal disagreements without destabilizing the common denominator of their collectivity. [Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]