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Mussolini's Italy by R. J. B. Bosworth

Mussolini's Italy

Life Under the Fascist Dictatorship, 1915-1945

R. J. B. Bosworth

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · January 30, 2007

With Mussolini ’s Italy, R.J.B. Bosworth—the foremost scholar on the subject writing in English—vividly brings to life the period in which Italians participated in one of the twentieth century’s most notorious political experiments.

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A vivid history of Fascist Italy, attentive to coercion and the varied ways Italians resisted.
Themes
Fascist dictatorship in Italy, Resistance to authoritarian ideology, Political violence and obedience
Genres
Italian History, Fascism & Totalitarianism, World War II History

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With Mussolini ’s Italy, R.J.B. Bosworth—the foremost scholar on the subject writing in English—vividly brings to life the period in which Italians participated in one of the twentieth century’s most notorious political experiments. Il Duce’s Fascists were the original totalitarians, espousing a cult of violence and obedience that inspired many other dictatorships, Hitler’s first among them.

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But as Bosworth reveals, many Italians resisted its ideology, finding ways, ingenious and varied, to keep Fascism from taking hold as deeply as it did in Germany. A sweeping chronicle of struggle in terrible times, this is the definitive account of Italy’s darkest hour.

Power and Resistance

A vivid history of Fascist Italy, attentive to coercion and the varied ways Italians resisted.

Come here for

  • The tension between authoritarian ambition and Italian resistance
  • Political history with room for everyday defiance

Expect

  • A sweeping account of Italy from 1915 to 1945
  • Attention to violence, obedience, and resistance

Where it sits

Italian History96%
Fascism & Totalitarianism68%
World War II History63%

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Publisher categories

  • Italian History
  • 20th-Century History
  • Fascism & Totalitarianism
Authors
R. J. B. Bosworth
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
January 30, 2007
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Fascist dictatorship in Italy · Resistance to authoritarian ideology · Political violence and obedience
Reading lane
Italian History