TY - BOOK ID - 78143634 TI - Mussolini PY - 2014 SN - 113817520X 131584561X 1317898400 9781317898405 9781315845616 9780582065956 1317898397 PB - Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Fascists KW - Heads of state KW - Fascism KW - History. KW - Mussolini, Benito, KW - Mousolini, Benito, KW - Mo-so-li-ni, KW - Duce, KW - מוסוליני, ביניטו, KW - موسوليني، بنيتو، KW - Italy KW - History KW - Mussolini, Benito Amilcare Andrea, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78143634 AB - 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. ER -