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Zusatztext ...a well-balanced portrait of Il Duce that depicts him as both a ruthless social engineer of Fascism and an inconsistent! flawed leader... Informationen zum Autor Richard Bosworth is one of the world's leading authorities on modern Italian history. He has been a Visiting Fellow at a number of institutions, including the Italian Academy at Columbia University, St. Johns and Clare Hall (Cambridge), Balliol and All Souls Colleges (Oxford), the Humanities Research Centre (Canberra) and the University of Trento in Italy. He is Emeritus Professor of History at both the University of Western Australia and Reading University in the UK and in 2011 was elected Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford.The new edition of this award-winning biography contains fresh insights into one of history's most intriguing figures. By emphasizing the impact of political and social upheaval in shaping Mussolini's image, Bosworth skillfully juxtaposes his subject's renowned brutality against his inner compassion. Mussolini never fails to grip. Zusammenfassung The new edition of this award-winning biography contains fresh insights into one of history's most intriguing figures. By emphasizing the impact of political and social upheaval in shaping Mussolini's image, Bosworth skillfully juxtaposes his subject's renowned brutality against his inner compassion. Mussolini never fails to grip. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations and maps Preface Introduction 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, 1932-1934 13 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, 1945-2001 Notes Select bibliography Index ...
