Perfect Fascist - A Story of Love, Power, and Morality in Mussolinis Italy

Attilio Teruzzi, Mussolini's commander of the Black Shirts, exemplified fascism's obsession with male strength. Through the story of his broken marriage to a young Jewish American opera star, Victoria de Grazia explores the cult of masculinity on which the New Rome was to be built, revealing the seductive appeal of fascism.

About the author

Victoria de Grazia is Moore Collegiate Professor of History at Columbia University and a founding editor of Radical History Review. Her widely translated, prizewinning books include Irresistible Empire: America’s Advance through Twentieth-Century Europe and How Fascism Ruled Women. She has received the Woodrow Wilson, Jean Monnet, and Guggenheim fellowships and the Rome Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Rome.

Summary

Attilio Teruzzi, Mussolini’s commander of the Black Shirts, exemplified fascism’s obsession with male strength. Through the story of his broken marriage to a young Jewish American opera star, Victoria de Grazia explores the cult of masculinity on which the New Rome was to be built, revealing the seductive appeal of fascism.

Product details

• Authors: Victoria de Grazia
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780674986398
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98639-8
• No. of pages: 528
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography: historical, political & military, True war & combat stories, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Second World War, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General