Le Corbusier, without anachronism

Le Corbusier was it fascist? As is the question before, when this book comes out, he had to respond, and preferably "yes / no". Writes François Chaslin turning a page (p198).
"Corbu was not a policy; it is what accustomed to tell them architects, seeing in him the worst opportunism contrary, I think it was primarily an ideologue and political. One of these "leaders" of what in another era had called a small group, a cell more or less dormant but just waiting for the opportunity to radicalize, a militant core that aspired to totalitarianism and that only the confusion of the day confined to failure. "
This passage is not like the book, which contains very little speculation and do not tell the reader what to think. "A Corbusier" is an impressive field work and archives to identify Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, aka Le Corbusier (1896-1967) in his time and intellectual climate, without hasty judgment and without anachronism - the question "was- it fascist? " may well be one.
The history of Bright Cities of Marseille (p 427), Nantes-Rezé, Firminy and especially Briey-la-Forêt (P447) is striking. To an uninformed reader, that can be a good entry point into the book. The first half, the one which emerges the figure of Le Corbusier, is less immediately accessible, as it often refers to debates and controversies now forgotten by the general public.
"Architecture can improve daily life, the pleasure of housing, family relationships and relationships with others, but it is not enough," writes François Chaslin P425. What sounds like common sense takes on a particular resonance in this book place. First, because the phrase precedes a cruel reminder: Dalloz, Claudius-Petit Herbé, architects of modern ensembles, the old Paris had chosen for themselves Most importantly, this appeal to reason comes after careful evocation an era in which great figures, in politics as in architecture, have unfortunately had a devastating tend to want to create a new man. And if the genius architect Le Corbusier has not done more damage in this area, suggests the book of François Chaslin, it's not for lack of desire but lack of resources ...