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Author:   Giulia Albanese ,  Sergio Knipe
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.312kg
ISBN:  

9780367661083

ISBN 10:   036766108
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   30 September 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgements Preface Abbreviations 1. The Coup d'État Policy Seditious plans The Fiume exploit From Fiume to Rome? 2. Political violence The struggle for the local hegemony The anniversary policy Strategies for violence and seizing power The general strike and its aftermath 3. Towards the March Talk of a coup Organising the March Defending the State 4. The March on Rome ""It’s pouring"": the Fascist mobilisation The revoking of the state of siege The fascists in Bologna The appointing of Mussolini Demobilisation 5. The March after the March Paper battles A 'typically Italian revolution': Diplomacy and the March on Rome The 'bivouac speech' and the parliamentary debate Army reports The first official representation 6. A Year of Fascist Domination Violence and public order The transformation of the State Time to draw a balance Conclusion Index"

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It is all very well guffawing when Donald Trump is portrayed as Il Douche. But the actual Duce, Benito Mussolini, was the first modern European dictator, the first fascist and the first totalitarian. His career is worth examining at least as seriously as that of his junior and sometime admirer, Adolf Hitler. How excellent, then, that we now have a solid translation of Giulia Albanese's detailed study of Mussolini's accession to power in the so-called March on Rome, part paramilitary coup and part politicians' backstairs deal. What Albanese starkly underlines is how violent Fascists were from start to finish and therefore how likely it was that, once in office, Mussolini would establish a tyranny for a generation. - R.J.B. Bosworth, Jesus College, Oxford. In this timely and important book, Giulia Albanese forces us to rethink the basis of Fascist rule. Mussolini was far from being simply a showman or a wily operator. The March on Rome demonstrates powerfully that Mussolini's regime was a dictatorship, with violence at its core, from the very beginning. - Roberta Pergher, Indiana University.

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Giulia Albanese is Associate Professor at the University of Padua. Her research focuses on the origins of Fascism, political violence and authoritarian cultures in the interwar years. Her previous books include Dittature mediterranee. Sovversioni fasciste e colpi di stato in Italia, Spagna, Portogallo (2016). With Roberta Pergher, she edited In the Society of Fascists: Acclamation, Acquiescence and Agency in Mussolini’s Italy (2012).

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