"Fascism...was a super-relativist movement with no fixed principles‚ ready for almost any alliance." (Denis Mack Smith in ’Mussolini’ - 1981) Background Italian unification was in 1861‚ from this point up until Mussolini came into power in 1922 Italy was ruled by ’parliamentary liberals.’ Liberals had never solved the problems of the economically backward South‚ therefore they were resented there. It can be suggested that the liberal regimes did little to raise the standard of living
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Many Italians during this time‚ especially among the middle class‚ welcomed his authority. They hoped that he would stop the strikes and riots that had put Italy in a bad place. They were ready to submit to dictatorship‚ provided the national economy was stabilized and their country restored to its dignity and Mussolini seemed to be the only one that could do that. The Fascists introduced ambitious programs of public works that caused Italy’s democratic system to be abolished in favor of Mussolini’s
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the huge fear of communism especially in the middle class (source B). People were afraid of losing everything they had worked so hard for and that all of that would become of the state and Mussolini was there to stop the spread of communism because fascism was against communism as well. With this he gained a lot of popularity in the middle class and so did Mussolini get more power‚ the king made him prime minister but still he hadn’t full power by then‚ there was still a king and the parliament. They
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Fascism- a new‚ militant political movement that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader Benito Mussolini- rescue Italy by reviving its economy and rebuilding its armed forces. He vowed to give Italy strong leadership. Mussolini had founded the Fascist Party in 1919 Adolf Hitler- little-known political leader whose early life had been marked by disappointment. When World War I broke out‚ Hitler found a new beginning. He volunteered for the German army and was twice
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The Rise and Fall of Benito Mussolini "Fascism‚ the more it considers and observes the future and development of humanity quite apart from political considerations of the moment‚ believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace” (Modern History Sourcebook: Benito Mussolini: What is Fascism‚ 1932). Italy‚ the recently unified country of the 1920s‚ was in a very difficult period of time after the peak of the First World War. Only one leader managed to emerge from this period
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he founded a new paper‚ Il Popolo d’Italia‚ and the power group Dasci d’ Azione Revoluzionaria. Mussolini was the figure head that was looked upon as being respectable and disassociating himself from the violent perspective that many had about the fascism. He had an ability to adapt to circustances and able to fit fascist policies to needs. And he was able to get the local fascist leaders to accept his leadership and he gave the party a sense of nation discipline. He successfully was able to get the
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Evaluate the successes and failures of Mussolini’s domestic policies By 1925‚ Mussolini had achieved a totalitarian regime‚ but now he needed to spread fascism into every area of life for the Italians‚ “everything within the State‚ nothing outside the State‚ nothing against the State”. As a Dictator with clear aims‚ Mussolini tried to replace all past policies with new ones which would help to achieve his fascist ideologies; these included the various economic “Battles” and the establishment of
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In Siena in the 1930s‚ Italian writer Arturo Vivante (born in 1923) encountered fascism during his school days. In this excerpt from his short story “The Sound of the Cicadas‚” Vivante shows how fascism affected every aspect of life in Italy under Mussolini’s rule. The government was trying to turn Italians into warlike people‚ and soon military training was added to our education‚ already burdened by two periods of gymnastics.As though this weren’t enough‚ the authorities tried to ingratiate themselves
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their individuality and the girls have all become what Miss Brodie wants them to be. They no longer have their own ideas and judgments. All of their ideas are Miss Brodie’s. Sparks‚ through Sandy‚ reveals her own thoughts about how she believes fascism and group identity to be dangerous to
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opposed liberalism and socialism‚ but his hold over Italy was never as powerful as Stalin’s was over Russia. Mussolini started the “Fascist Party‚ a right-wing organization that promised to restore efficiency and order and make Italy great again. Fascism appealed
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