Evans provides an analysis of Mussolini's rise and fall, providing a solid grounding in all aspects of Mussolini's dictatorship. His tyrannical killing of over a million people cannot be ignored as crucial in the development of European history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 176) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The Italy into which Mussolini was born -- Italy's imperial ambitions and search for great power status -- Italy and the First World War -- Post-war Italy--years of crisis -- The March on Rome and the Fascist coup of 1922 -- Towards a totalitarian dictatorship -- The early years of the Fascist dictatorship -- Life in Fascist Italy -- The Italian economy -- Italian foreign policy, 1922-40 -- Italian involvement in the Second World War -- The final stages of the war and the end of Mussolini.
