Now with updated analysis and a new glossary, 'Mussolini and Fascist Italy' explains the significance of the man, the movement and the regime which dominated Italian life between 1922 and the Second World War
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- The setting : liberal Italy, 1861-1915 -- The seedbed of fascism -- The conquest of power, 1919-25 -- Italy under fascism -- Diplomacy and imperialism, 1922-36 -- The decline and fall of fascism, 1936-45 -- Interpreting Italian fascism