Mussolini and Fascist Italy

Martin Blinkhorn explains the significance of the movement which came to dominate Italian life between 1922 and the Second World War.He examines:* the movement's origins in the context of the economic problems of post-Risorgimento Italy* the social and political convulsions wrought by economic change after 1890* the essential background to the movement's acquisition of power and the firm establishment of the Fascist regime in 1925* the movement's history until its demise during the Second World War, analysing in particular the personal rule of Mussolini, the structure of the Fascist state and the fluid and often contradictory nature of Fascism itself.Fully revised and updated, this pamphlet provides an excellent introduction to Fascist Italy under Mussolini.Blinkhorn, Martin is the author of 'Mussolini and Fascist Italy', published 1994 under ISBN 9780415102315 and ISBN 0415102316.