A01=John Whittam
Author_John Whittam
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Fascist Italy
foreign policy
Industrial Revolution
Mussolini
neo-Fascists
socialism
Product details
- ISBN 9780719040047
- Weight: 231g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 13 Jul 1995
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Fascist Italy is a concise introduction to the phenomenon of Italian fascism and its impact. The author balances an up-to-date re-evaluation of political, diplomatic and military developments with a full assessment of the more neglected domestic and cultural dimensions of the subject. With the aid of documents and recent research on the subject, this book presents an analysis of the origins of the movement, the reasons behind its political success and the methods used to construct and consolidate a regime capable of resolving the problems of mass society in the 20th century. Within his broad-ranging analysis, Whittam places particular emphasis on the attempts to exert social control, the interaction of party and state, the tension between revolutionary and conservative tendencies and on the role of Il Duce. Mussolini's triumphs and failures in peace and war and his ultimate responsibility for the disintegration of the regime are discussed objectively.
