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February 9, 2025 120 mins

In part 2, Benito goes from being the editor of the left wing paper Avanti!, to marching (well, not personally, but figuratively) on Rome with his ultranationalist right wing black shirts. Join us for part 2, the Mussolini switcharoo!


Sources:

Ben-Ghiat, Ruth. STRONGMEN : Mussolini to the Present. S.L., W W Norton, 2021.

Corner, Paul. Mussolini in Myth and Memory. Oxford University Press, 22 Sept. 2022.

Gooch, John. Mussolini’s War. Simon and Schuster, 1 Dec. 2020.

‌Ridley, Jasper. Mussolini. Rowman & Littlefield, 5 Sept. 2000.

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