Mussolini
A Biography
1st Edition
Published on 5. September 2000
464 pages
978-1-4617-4179-4 (ISBN)
Description
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) was the founder of Fascism and iron-fisted ruler of Italy for two decades. He was also an extremely able politician who won the esteem of many statesmen-including Winston Churchill and influential persons in the United States.
This biography describes Mussolini's childhood; his education (including his suspension from school for attacking other boys with knives); his World War I experiences and severe wounding; his involvement in, and eventual expulsion from the revolutionary Italian Socialist Party; his numerous love affairs, his early career as a journalist and his rise to power and brutal rule.
This biography describes Mussolini's childhood; his education (including his suspension from school for attacking other boys with knives); his World War I experiences and severe wounding; his involvement in, and eventual expulsion from the revolutionary Italian Socialist Party; his numerous love affairs, his early career as a journalist and his rise to power and brutal rule.
Reviews / Votes
This new biography will refine our portrait of a 20th-century dictator....[A] valuable introduction to Mussolini. * Kirkus Reviews * The most comprehensive biography to appear in over a decade. * Library Journal * This is a competent study by an experienced biographer. -- Douglas J. Forsyth * The Historian * Jasper Ridley has written a good biography of Mussolini. -- Algis Valiunas * The Weekly Standard *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Globe Pequot Press
File size
7,72 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4617-4179-4 (9781461741794)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Book
09/2000
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
€22.70
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Person
By Jasper Ridley
Content
- MUSSOLINI
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Maps
- 1 The Red Romagna
- 2 The Difficult Child
- 3 Switzerland
- 4 The Trentino
- 5 The Libyan War
- 6 Red Week
- 7 The Break with Socialism
- 8 The Interventionist
- 9 Corporal Mussolini
- 10 The Fascio di Combattimento
- 11 The Bolshevik Menace
- 12 Castor Oil and Arson
- 13 The Treaty of Pacification
- 14 The General Strike
- 15 The March on Rome
- 16 Prime Minister
- 17 Corfu
- 18 Matteotti
- 19 Consolidating the Dictatorship
- 20 The Terrorists
- 21 The Mafia
- 22 The Concordat
- 23 The Fascist Regime
- 24 The Duce at Work
- 25 Depression and Disarmament
- 26 Hitler
- 27 Ethiopia
- 28 Defying the World
- 29 Victory
- 30 The Spanish Civil War
- 31 The Racial Laws
- 32 Munich
- 33 Non-Belligerency
- 34 The War Between Blood and Gold
- 35 Marching on Moscow
- 36 The Twenty-Fifth of July
- 37 The Italian Social Republic
- 38 Mussolini At Bay
- 39 Nemesis
- Sources and References
- Bibliography
- Index
