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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815773403321

Autore

O'Brien Paul <1962->

Titolo

Mussolini in the First World War : the journalist, the soldier, the fascist / / Paul O'Brien

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Berg, 2005

ISBN

9786610339112

1-4725-7811-2

1-280-33911-X

1-4294-0902-9

1-84520-727-0

1-84520-558-8

Edizione

[1st. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 pages) : maps

Disciplina

945.091/092

945.091092

Soggetti

Press and politics - Italy - History - 20th century

World War, 1914-1918

Fascism - Italy

Italy Politics and government 1914-1922

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Trinity College, Dublin.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-199) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Stating the Programme; 2 Man of Straw; 3 Mind and Matter; 4 Digging In; 5 Disenchanted Warrior; 6 War and Revolution; 7 Victory Imagined; 8 Encisioning Fascism; Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

How did Benito Mussolini come to fascism? Standard accounts of the dictator have failed to explain satisfactorily the transition from his pre-World War I 'socialism' to his post-war fascism. This controversial new book is the first to examine closely  Mussolini's political trajectory during the Great War as evidenced in his journalistic writings, speeches and war diary, as well as some previously unexamined archive material. The author argues that the 1914-18 conflict provided the catalyst for Mussolini to clarify his deep-rooted nationalist tendencies.