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Mussolini

Title
Mussolini / Peter Neville.
Author
Neville, Peter, 1944-
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Description
xiv, 237 pages : illustrations, maps; 21 cm.
Summary
Was Mussolini really the power-crazed cynic that many see him as? Was he a true revolutionary? Both ruthless and opportunistic, Benito Mussolini was driven by ideology and a desire to make Italy great. This survey is key to understanding one of the most fascinating 20th-century European dictators.
Series Statement
Routledge historical biographies
Uniform Title
Routledge historical biographies.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The shaping of a political leader, 1883-1919 -- The achievement of power, 1919-24 -- Crisis and consolidation, 1924-29 -- The dictator at his zenith -- Italian society under Mussolini, 1931-39 -- The Ethiopian War, 1935-36 -- Into the abyss : foreign and defence policy, 1936-40 -- The slide to disaster, 1940-43 -- The last phase, 1943-45.
ISBN
  • 0415249899
  • 9780415249898
  • 0415249902
  • 9780415249904
LCCN
  • 2003012386
  • 9780415249904
OCLC
  • ocm52288136
  • 52288136
  • SCSB-1320252
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library