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UNINA9910842287403321 |
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Autore |
Canali Mauro <1942-> |
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Titolo |
The Matteotti Murder and Mussolini : The Anatomy of a Fascist Crime / / by Mauro Canali |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2024.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 pages) |
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Collana |
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Italian and Italian American Studies, , 2635-294X |
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Soggetti |
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History, Modern |
Italy - History |
Social history |
Civilization - History |
Modern History |
History of Italy |
Social History |
Cultural History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Giacomo Matteotti -- 2. Oil and the Contract with Sinclair -- 3. That June of 1924 -- 4. La Fascist Ceka -- 5. The Responsibilities of the Fascist Regime -- 6. Doubts Regarding the Motive -- 7. The Perpetrators during the Fascist Period -- 8. Carlo Silvestri -- 9. Financial Aid to the Matteotti Family. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This much-awarded work by one of Italy’s most esteemed historians of fascism, Mauro Canali, is now available in English translation. Based on a wealth of previously unavailable judicial and archival material, it sheds light on how fascism exercised power through violence and corruption from the very beginning. The book reveals the motives that led Mussolini to order the kidnapping and murder of Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in 1924, a turning point in Mussolini’s grasp of total power in Italy. Canali further explores the corrupt dealings between the Mussolini family and the American Sinclair Oil Company that Matteotti had intended to denounce in the Italian parliament the day after his |
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