The past week found Signer Benito Mussolini, patron saint of Fascism and Prime Minister of Italy, busy attending Fascista celebrations in Cremona, Milan, Bologna, Florence, Perugia, Rome.
They line up in military-like formation: a thousand strong, most dressed in black, some with tattoos on shaved scalps. At the spot in Milan where Sergio Ramelli, a far-right student, was killed ...
Benito Mussolini was not the bumbling buffoon portrayed in popular culture, but the most powerful force behind the rise of European Fascism before World War Two. Using archival material kept across ...
The Cambridge Elements in the History and Politics of Fascism is a series for scholars, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates. Individual Elements will capture the most innovative ...
What is fascism? The name originated in Italy. Were all the forms of counter-revolutionary dictatorship fascist or not (That is to say, prior to the advent of fascism in Italy)? The former ...