1st Edition
The Blackshirts’ Dictatorship Armed Squads, Political Violence, and the Consolidation of Mussolini’s Regime
By Matteo Millan
Copyright 2022
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
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On October 1922 Mussolini became head of the Italian government, a situation that would last for twenty years. That power was obtained was largely due to the widespread violence perpetrated by blackshirts throughout Italy (squadristi). Violence however did not end. Old and new blackshirts played a major role in making Italy a fascist country. Contrary to the claims of many scholars that have... Read more
Introduction
1. A Fascist "Revolution"?
2. The Phenomenology of Post-March Violence
3. New Expeditions
4. Controlling the Territory
5. The Fall of the Gods
6. Squadristi at the Confino
7. Long-Standing Squadristi
Conclusion
Biography
Matteo Millan is Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Padua, Italy.
