Benito Mussolini was a brilliant Socialist journalist who in 1914
declared war, put himself at the head if the anti-Socialist
movement in Italy, manoeuvred himself into power by 1933 and ruled
the country until overthrown in 1943. He was a dynamic but insecure
personality, who appeared dictatorial but always had to share power
with the military and bureaucratic establishment. Mussolini founded
an Empire in Africa and tried to 'make Italians' in his own heroic,
war like image, but in fact failed to even control his own family!
In June 1940, when France fell, he could not resist joining in the
Second World War on the German side, although Italy was not
equipped for serious fighting. His rule ended in Military disaster
and personal humiliation. This new biography focuses both on
Mussolini's personality and on the way he exercised power, and
regards these two issues as closely linked. It sees him as a man
with all the talents needed to attain power but few of those needed
to exercise it well. This book primarily focuses on how Mussolini
had absolutely the wrong personality for a successful political
leader.
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