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Mussolini and the Eclipse of Italian Fascism
From Dictatorship to Populism
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R. J. B. Bosworth
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English
Published/Copyright:
2021
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An incisive account of how Mussolini pioneered populism in reaction to Hitler’s rise—and thereby reinforced his role as a model for later authoritarian leaders
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R.J.B. Bosworth is Emeritus Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford. He is a leading authority on Mussolini and is the author of more than two dozen books on fascism and Italy’s twentieth-century experience, including Claretta: Mussolini’s Last Lover. He lives in Oxford, UK.
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Contents
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Abbreviations
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Introduction
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1. Mussolini and the ghost of Adolf Hitler
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2. The peculiarities of Italian history and the many birthdays of 1932–3
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3. A thriving dictatorship: Fascist, totalitarian or Mussolinian?
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4. Imagining liberal totalitarianism?
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5. An Italian dictatorship, its dreams of empire and the enveloping shadow of Nazism
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6. Populist totalitarianism and/or Fascist mysticism under the Duce
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7. The Fascist map of Europe moves to Africa: Ethiopia, empire and their consequences
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8. An Axis of evil, Fascist racism and a waning dictator 1936–40
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Conclusion. Worst of dictators? The meaning of Benito Mussolini and Italian Fascism in the age of Trump and the populists
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Notes
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Further reading
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Acknowledgements
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Index
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April 27, 2021
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9780300255829
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320
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19 b-w illus.
