The Global Impact of the March on Rome

Introduction: The March on Rome a Century Later: New Research Perspectives in Europe and Beyond
Giulia Albanese, Filippo Focardi, Matteo Millan and Marco Mondini

Part 1: Rethinking the March on Rome in Italy and Beyond

1. The March on Rome: Multiple Perceptions in Italy and Beyond
Giulia Albanese

2. War after the War: Fascism between Patriotic Remobilization and Militarization of the Italian Society
Marco Mondini

3. Not Only Paramilitarism: Civic Militias, Strike-Breaking Groups, and the Long-Term Origins of Bourgeois Armed Mobilization in Europe (ca. 1900s–1923)
Matteo Millan

4. Colonial and Transnational Perspectives on Paramilitarism and Fascism
Sven Reichardt

Part 2: The Western European Impact of the March on Rome

5. “Blue-blooded exuberance” or Fascists? The Impact of the March on Rome on the Radical Right in Britain (1922–1926)
Alessandro Saluppo

6. The Reception of Italian Fascism in France: Representations, Political Relations, Transnational Dynamics
Francesca Cavarocchi

7. From the Putsch to the March: The “March on Rome” as a Performative Model and the Transfer of Fascist Practices across German-Speaking Interwar Europe
Daniele Toro

8. The Impact of the March on Rome on the Early Nazi Movement, 1922–1925
Derek Hastings

9. Ramifications of the “March on Rome” in the Weimar Republic: From the Media-Political Reception to the Brokering of Fascism
Stefan Laffin

10. “Wilsonian Disappointment” and Anti-Liberalism in Spain: The Aftermath of the First World War, Fascism, and the Coup d’eìtat of Primo de Rivera (1917–1923)
Maximiliano Fuentes Codera

11. The March on Rome in Greece: Short-Term Reception and Long-Term Impact
Aristotle Kallis

12. The Impact of the March on Rome in the Nordic Countries: The Ideological Dilemma between “Black” and “Red” Revolutions
Fabio Ferrarini

Part 3: The Reception of the March on Rome in Central and Eastern Europe

13. Hungary and the March on Rome, an Event That Actually Changed Nothing
Balázs Juhász

14. Fascism Goes East Central Europe: Reactions to Rome’s March and the Evolution of Political Culture in Interwar Poland (1922–1931)
Grzegorz Krzywiec

15. Disciples of Italian Authoritarianism: Anti-Democratic Romanian Great War Veterans and Their Transnational Influences in the Interwar Era
Blasco Sciarrino

Part 4: The Impact of the March beyond Europe

16. Threat or Resource? The Impact of the March on Rome among the Italian Population in Tunisia: Perceptions, Reactions and Instrumentalizations in a Peripheral Context
Martino Oppizzi

17. The March on Rome Seen from the United States
Matteo Pretelli

18. Echoes of Fascism in Brazil under Getúlio Vargas (1930–1945)
Fabio Gentile

Biography

Giulia Albanese is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Padua. Her research interests have focused primarily on fascism and authoritarian cultures. Among her works are The March on Rome: Violence and the Rise of Italian Fascism (2019) and Rethinking the History of Italian Fascism (2022).

Filippo Focardi is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Padua. His research interests include the memory of Fascism and the Second World War in Italy and the politics of the memory of the European Union. Among his recent publications is The Bad German and the Good Italian: Removing the Guilt of the Second World War (2023).

Matteo Millan is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Padua. His research interests include the history of Fascist squadrismo, armed associations, gun control, and gun cultures in modern Europe. His recent publications include The Blackshirts' Dictatorship: Armed Squads, Political Violence, and the Consolidation of Mussolini’s Regime (2022) and the article “Belle Époque in Arms?” (2021).

Marco Mondini is Associate Professor of History of Conflicts at the University of Padua and Co-Director of the Centre International de Recherche sur la Guerre in Péronne. Among his recent publications are The Generalissimo: Luigi Cadorna and the Italian Army (2025) and Il ritorno della guerra (2024).