
My Autobiography
With "the Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism"
Dover Publications · Print & ebook · June 23, 2006
Urged by American Ambassador to Rome Richard Washburn Child to write his autobiography, Benito Mussolini hesitated only slightly before he dictated thoughts on his private and public life.
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Genres
- Political Lives, Fascism & Totalitarianism, Italian History
- Published
- Dover Publications, June 23, 2006
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.
HitlerJoachim C. Fest, Frederick Davidson50% matchShares Political Lives
Mussolini's ItalyR. J. B. Bosworth74% matchShares Fascism & Totalitarianism and Italian History
The Anatomy of FascismRobert O. Paxton63% matchShares Fascism & Totalitarianism
First FascistSergio Luzzatto61% matchShares Political Lives and Fascism & Totalitarianism
First WordsRosetta Loy, Gregory Conti60% matchShares Italian History
Numero ZeroUmberto Eco, Richard Dixon57% match
My Early LifeWinston Churchill, William Manchester56% matchShares Political Lives
For younger readers: The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, Strongman, Famous Men of Rome
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
Urged by American Ambassador to Rome Richard Washburn Child to write his autobiography, Benito Mussolini hesitated only slightly before he dictated thoughts on his private and public life. This volume reprints the Italian dictator's extraordinary comments, capturing the spirit and personality of Il Duce as no other book does.
Continue reading
Included are Mussolini's views on Italian politics, descriptions of his years as an agitator, journalist, and soldier, the formation of the Fascist Party, the "March on Rome," and his early years in power. The text also contains some of his most famous speeches in the Italian Parliament, his vision of Italy's return to glory, and his definitive statement on the doctrine of Fascism and its political justification. Essential reading for students of history and political science, this frank, and frequently arrogant, revelation of the Italian leader's life produced mixed reactions when first published in 1928. "Like him or not," wrote the reviewer for the Saturday Review of Literature, "here he is, Mussolini the man, the patriot, the leader."
Where it sits
| Fascism & Totalitarianism | 64% |
|---|---|
| Italian History | 58% |
| Political Lives | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Political Lives
- Authors
- Benito Mussolini
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Published
- June 23, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Political Lives