But in the world of twentieth century dictators, Benito Mussolini was a pioneer. He created fascism, a movement that would plunge most of Europe into darkness. From undermining judges to ...

The former chairman quoted from a 1925 Mussolini speech and tweaked it to substitute the word "fascism" for "3-I ... reasoning for his unusual choice of quote, the Times wrote.

As a historian who has studied and taught courses on Italian fascism, I have spent many hours watching footage and listening to the speeches of dictator Benito Mussolini, who ruled over the ...

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This and the other three books in Scurati's series about Mussolini have provoked controversy among Italian historians of fascism, not least for some of the historical inaccuracies , but also for w ...

After 1936, his official title was "His Excellency Benito Mussolini, Head of Government, Duce of Fascism, and Founder of the Empire". Mussolini also created and held the supreme military rank of ...

“We had to show all the violence in fascism – but also Mussolini’s great power of seduction on people,” says Antonio Scurati, from whose bestselling, fact-based 2018 book the series is ...