1st Edition

Mussolini and the Rise of Populism The Man who Made Fascism

By Spencer DiScala Copyright 2024
286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

This book analyzes the process by which Mussolini built the world’s first Fascist regime, describes how the Duce’s heirs have adapted to current political conditions, and how they have gone mainstream. With the rise of populism of the right in the new millennium, Benito Mussolini’s name has returned forcefully to the limelight. Populist movements closely resemble historical fascism, and... Read more

Prologue: 1. Mussolini’s Context: Italy and its Discontents, 18611915 Part I: Genesis, Development, and Collapse of a Regime 2. The Emergence of Benito Mussolini, 18831910 3. Mussolini and the Wars, 19111914 4. Mussolini, World War I, and the "Red Biennium," 19151920 5. Mussolini’s Seizure of Power, 19201922 6. The Duce Structures the Dictatorship, 19221929 7. The Duce’s Revolution 8. The Corporate State and Fascist Ideology 9. Mussolini and Fascism: Interpretations 10. Mussolini’s Foreign Policy, 19221939 11. Downfall: Mussolini’s War and the Salò Republic, 19401945 Part II: Italian Fascism and Populism 12. Mussolini’s Progeny: The Evolution of Fascism and the Link to Populism 13. Kindred Worlds: Mussolini’s Fascism and Rightist Populism 14. The Duce and the Rise of Populism Part III: Bibliography

Biography

Spencer M. Di Scala is an award-winning Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts and has published widely on modern Italian and European History. His books include: Italy: From Revolution to Republic, 4th ed. (2008); Europe’s Long Century: 1900-Present: Society, Politics, Culture (2013); and Makers of the Modern World: Vittorio Orlando (2014).  He has edited Mussolini 1883-1915 (with Emilio Gentile, 2016).