Mussolini
"In 1945, disguised in German greatcoat and helmet, Mussolini attempted to escape from the advancing Allied armies. Unfortunately for him, the convoy of which he was part was stopped by partisans and his features, made so familiar by Fascist propaganda, gave him away. Within 24 hours he was dead, executed by his captors. He joined those sent early to their graves as an outcome of his dictatorship - at least a million people, and probably more." "He was one of the tyrant-killers who so scarred...
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"Exhaustive study of Benito Mussolini...leaves no stone unturned in trying to explain the complexities of Il Duce and his times...Reveals the author's appreciation of the complex ingredients of Il Duce's legacy, a legacy that still influences Italian politics...Although his 22-year dictatorial reign brought misery to millions, Mussolini never bought into the racist fanaticism of his Nazi brethren. As Bosworth infers, Mussolini's inherent zest for life kept him from becoming the grim exterminator Hitler wanted him to be...The definitive study of the Italian dictator and belongs in every public and academic library with a strong European history collection."—Library Journal Library Journal Bosworth (history, Univ. of West Australia; Italian Dictatorship) is an authority on 20th-century Italy, and his exhaustive study of Benito Mussolini, first published in London, leaves no stone unturned in trying to explain the complexities of Il Duce and his times. Bosworth includes copious footnotes and an impressive bibliography to authenticate his compelling interpretation of Italy's Fascist dictator. This portrait of Mussolini reveals the author's appreciation of the complex ingredients of Il Duce's legacy a legacy that still influences Italian politics. Mussolini was a "man of image" whose virile charisma unified a fractious nation, but the ideological underpinnings of fascism never sank very deeply into Italian society. Although his 22-year dictatorial reign brought misery to millions, Mussolini never bought into the racist fanaticism of his Nazi brethren. As Bosworth infers, Mussolini's inherent zest for life kept him from becoming the grim exterminator Hitler wanted him to be. Bosworth's biography easily supersedes Denis Mack Smith's 1982 Mussolini as the definitive study of the Italian dictator and belongs in every public and academic library with a strong European history collection. Jim Doyle, Sara Hightower Regional Lib., Rome, GA Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
List of illustrations and maps IX\ Preface XI\ Introduction to the new edition (2010) 1\ Introduction to the first edition (2002) 7\ 1 The Furies and Benito Mussolini, 1944-1945 16\ 2 First of his class? The Mussolinis and the young Benito, 1883-1902 35\ 3 Emigrant and socialist, 1902-1910 50\ 4 The class struggle, 1910-1914 66\ 5 War and revolution, 1914-1919 85\ 6 The first months of Fascism, 1919-1920 104\ 7 The Fascist rise to power, 1920-1922 121\ 8 Government, 1922-1924 140\ 9 The imposition of dictatorship, 1924-1925 159\ 10 The Man of Providence, 1926-1929 177\ 11 Mussolini in his pomp, 1929-1932 196\ 12 The challenge of Adolf Hitler, 1932-1934 214\ 13 Empire in Ethiopia, 1935-1936 233\ 14 Crisis in Europe, 1936-1938 252\ 15 The approach of a Second World War, 1938-1939 271\ l6 Germany's ignoble second, 1939-1941 290\ 17 First fall and feeble resurrection, 1942-1943 310\ l8 The ghost of Benito Mussolini, 1945-2010 332\ Notes 349\ Select bibliography 433\ Index 491
\ Library JournalBosworth (history, Univ. of West Australia; Italian Dictatorship) is an authority on 20th-century Italy, and his exhaustive study of Benito Mussolini, first published in London, leaves no stone unturned in trying to explain the complexities of Il Duce and his times. Bosworth includes copious footnotes and an impressive bibliography to authenticate his compelling interpretation of Italy's Fascist dictator. This portrait of Mussolini reveals the author's appreciation of the complex ingredients of Il Duce's legacy a legacy that still influences Italian politics. Mussolini was a "man of image" whose virile charisma unified a fractious nation, but the ideological underpinnings of fascism never sank very deeply into Italian society. Although his 22-year dictatorial reign brought misery to millions, Mussolini never bought into the racist fanaticism of his Nazi brethren. As Bosworth infers, Mussolini's inherent zest for life kept him from becoming the grim exterminator Hitler wanted him to be. Bosworth's biography easily supersedes Denis Mack Smith's 1982 Mussolini as the definitive study of the Italian dictator and belongs in every public and academic library with a strong European history collection. Jim Doyle, Sara Hightower Regional Lib., Rome, GA Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.\ \ \ \ \ From the Publisher"The definitive study of the Italian dictator."—Library Journal\ \ \
