Mussolini.

In 1945, disguised in German greatcoat and helmet, Mussolini attempted to escape from the advancing Allied armies. Unfortunately for him, the convoy of which he was part was stopped by partisans and his features, made so familiar by Fascist propaganda, gave him away. Within 24 hours he was executed...

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Main Author: Bosworth, R. J. B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781849664448
1849664447
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of illustrations and maps; Preface; Introduction to the new edition (2010); Introduction to the first edition (2002); 1 The Furies and Benito Mussolini, 1944-1945; 2 First of his class? The Mussolinis and the young Benito, 1883-1902; 3 Emigrant and socialist, 1902-1910; 4 The class struggle, 1910-1914; 5 War and revolution, 1914-1919; 6 The first months of Fascism, 1919-1920; 7 The Fascist rise to power, 1920-1922; 8 Government, 1922-1924; 9 The imposition of dictatorship, 1924-1925; 10 The Man of Providence, 1926-1929; 11 Mussolini in his pomp, 1929-1932.
  • 12 The challenge of Adolf Hitler, 1932-193413 Empire in Ethiopia, 1935-1936; 14 Crisis in Europe, 1936-1938; 15 The approach of a Second World War, 1938-1939; 16 Germany's ignoble second, 1939-1941; 17 First fall and feeble resurrection, 1942-1943; 18 The ghost of Benito Mussolini, 1945-2010; Notes; Select bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.