In this episode, Mussolini names and renames things after himself and his fascist “revolution”, appears shirtless in news reels, and decides that Italy should reacquire and acquire land enough to make a new Italian Empire. Join us this week for part 3!
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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