Mussolini and the Eclipse of Italian Fascism: From Dictatorship to Populism

by R. J. B. Bosworth and Richard J.B. Bosworth

An incisive account of how Mussolini pioneered populism in reaction to Hitler's rise--and thereby reinforced his role as a model for later authoritarian leaders

On the tenth anniversary of his rise to power in 1932, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) seemed to many the "good dictator." He was the first totalitarian and the first fascist in modern Europe. But a year later Hitler's entrance onto the political stage signaled a German takeover...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300232721
• ISBN13: 9780300232721
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"