Mussolini in Myth and Memory: The First Totalitarian Dictator Corner Paul
Mussolini in Myth and Memory: The First Totalitarian Dictator Corner Paul Mussolini in myth and memory. But what was a negative judgement on the Duce, considered innocuous and ineffective, has begun…
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Mussolini in Myth and Memory: The First Totalitarian Dictator Corner Paul
Mussolini in myth and memory. But what was a negative judgement on the Duce, considered innocuous and ineffective, has begun to work to his advantage. Paul Corner looks at the brutal reality of the Italian dictator's fascist regime and confronts the nostalgia for dictatorial rule evident today in many European countries.Mussolini has rarely been taken seriously as a totalitarian dictator; Hitler and Stalin have always cast too long a shadow.
After all, it is said, Mussolini was not like 'the others'. As has occurred with many other European dictators, present-day popular memory of Mussolini is increasingly indulgent; in Italy and elsewhere he is remembered as a strong, decisive leader and people now speak of the 'many good things' done by the regime. Mussolini in Myth and Memory argues against this rehabilitation, documenting the inefficiencies,
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