Mussolini

A Biography

By: Jasper Ridley

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Paperback | 5 September 2000

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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.

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The most comprehensive biography to appear in over a decade.--Library Journal

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Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Maps	p. xiii
The Red Romagna	p. 1
The Difficult Child	p. 9
Switzerland	p. 17
The Trentino	p. 29
The Libyan War	p. 42
Red Week	p. 51
The Break with Socialism	p. 59
The Interventionist	p. 69
Corporal Mussolini	p. 74
The Fascio di Combattimento	p. 81
The Bolshevik Menace	p. 92
Castor Oil and Arson	p. 103
The Treaty of Pacification	p. 112
The General Strike	p. 121
The March on Rome	p. 129
Prime Minister	p. 138
Corfu	p. 149
Matteotti	p. 159
Consolidating the Dictatorship	p. 168
The Terrorists	p. 176
The Mafia	p. 187
The Concordat	p. 194
The Fascist Regime	p. 201
The Duce at Work	p. 213
Depression and Disarmament	p. 225
Hitler	p. 235
Ethiopia	p. 245
Defying the World	p. 255
Victory	p. 262
The Spanish Civil War	p. 273
The Racial Laws	p. 283
Munich	p. 293
Non-Belligerency	p. 302
The War Between Blood and Gold	p. 315
Marching on Moscow	p. 315
The Twenty-Fifth of July	p. 336
The Italian Social Republic	p. 345
Mussolini At Bay	p. 353
Nemesis	p. 363
Sources and References	p. 370
Bibliography	p. 401
Index	p. 407
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