Episode 8 - Towards Rome

Just when it looked like Fascism in Italy was going to be a non-starter, they decide to change the rules. Instead of being a strictly political party the Fascists begin to double-down on political violence and sign-on as muscle for business owners threatened by populist activity. With the official stance of the government being to wait the crisis out, Mussolini makes the most of his opportunity to destabilize democracy and march to power. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Bosworth, RJB Mussolini's Italy Penguin Group, 2005
2. Whittam, John Fascist Italy Manchester University Press, 1995
3. Morgan, Phillip Italian Fascism 1919-1945 St. Martin's Press, 1995

 

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