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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Aesthetic modernism and masculinity in fascist Italy Aesthetic modernism and masculinity in fascist Italy John Champagne "Aesthetic Modernism and Masculinity in Fascist Italy is an interdisciplinary historical re-reading of a series of representative texts that complicate our current understanding of the portrayal of m… OL16547882W
Mussolini's Italy Mussolini's Italy R. J. B. Bosworth With Mussolini 's Italy, R.J.B. Bosworth—the foremost scholar on the subject writing in English—vividly brings to life the period in which Italians participated in one of the twentieth century's most… OL1860640W
A bold and dangerous family A bold and dangerous family Caroline Moorehead Mussolini was not only ruthless- he was subtle and manipulative. Black-shirted thugs did his dirty work for him- arson, murder, destruction of homes and offices, bribes, intimidation and the forcible… OL19724320W
Gabriele d'Annunzio Gabriele d'Annunzio Lucy Hughes-Hallett A profile of the controversial Italian poet and nationalist is set against a backdrop of Italy's transition from Romantic idealism to fascism and war and includes coverage of such topics as his contr… OL19968597W
The Pope and Mussolini The Pope and Mussolini David I. Kertzer Analyzes the relationship between Pius XI and the notorious Italian dictator, tracing how after coming into power in the same year they forged covert ties to one another to consolidate power and purs… OL19974557W
Discovery of the world Discovery of the world Luciana Castellina "Luciana Castellina is one of Italy's most prominent left intellectuals and a cofounder of the newspaper Il manifesto. In this coming-of-age memoir, based on her diaries, she recounts her political a… OL23334248W
Mussolini Mussolini Denis Mack Smith The Mussolini who emerges from Denis Mack Smith's political biography is the supreme opportunist, more actor than statesman, with policies shaped chiefly by events. OL2672871W
Fascist ideology Fascist ideology Aristotle A. Kallis Fascist Ideology is a comparative study of the expansionist foreign policies of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany from 1922 to 1945. It provides an overview of the ideological motivations behinfd fascis… OL550361W
Gaetano Salvemini Gaetano Salvemini Charles L. Killinger "An outstanding scholar and political figure, Gaetano Salvemini had a reputation as one of the most courageous figures of his age. As a member of the Italian Socialist Party he fought for universal s… OL5955647W