[Wolffheim]

Kvasir and I have had an discussion concerning the term "national-revolutionary" elsewhere, although in a different context, and I started to wonder about the history of its use.

When did people start to refer to themselves as "national revolutionaries"? As far as I have seen so far the term was used, though not very often, in the Third Reich. However it referred to an event, "the national revolution" (Machtübernahme more or less), rather than to an ideology.

In For my legionaries Corneliu Codreanu, one of those who often is described as "national revolutionary", never uses the word revolution in a positive way as far as I can see.

The first time I've seen the term "revolutionary nationalism" used to describe an ideology is in Derek Hollands The political soldier (which I believe is from 1984).

Could it be that Roger Griffin is in part to "blame"? In The nature of Fascism (1991) he uses "revolutionary nationalism" to describe one form of "neo-fascism" that doesn't have any inter-war-time regime as it's main source of inspiration. In connection to this Griffin also mention some persons, the Strasser brothers, Corneliu Codreanu and Ernst Jünger. (Why he places Jünger in this category of "neo-fascism" and not his forth category, "conservative revolution", is beyond me.)

Can anyone shed some light on this topic or at least expand the darkness a little?