Blood and power : the rise and fall of Italian fascism / John Foot.
By: Foot, John [author.]
.Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022Description: x, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781408897942; 9781408897935; 9781526652485.Subject(s): Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 | Fascism -- Italy -- History -- 20th century | Italy -- History -- 1914-1945DDC classification: 945.091 Summary: "In the aftermath of the First World War, the seeds of fascism were sown in Italy. While the country reeled in shock, a new movement emerged from the chaos: one that preached hatred for politicians and love for the fatherland; one that promised to build a 'New Roman Empire', and make Italy a great power again. Wearing black shirts and wielding guns, knives and truncheons, the proponents of fascism embraced a climate of violence and rampant masculinity. Led by Mussolini, they would systematically destroy the organisations of the left, murdering and torturing anyone who got in their way. In 'Blood and Power', historian John Foot draws on decades of research to chart the turbulent years between 1915 and 1945, and beyond. Using the accounts of real people - fascists, anti-fascists, communists, anarchists, victims, perpetrators and bystanders - he tells the story of fascism and its legacy, which still, disturbingly, reverberates to this day."-- Taken from dust jacket.
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| 945.07 COC Italy : | 945.07 SEL Italy in the seventeenth century / | 945.08 MAC Modern Italy : | 945.091 FOO Blood and power : the rise and fall of Italian fascism / | 945.091 FOO Blood and power : the rise and fall of Italian fascism / | 945.092 FOO The archipelago : | 945.092 JON The dark heart of Italy : |
"In the aftermath of the First World War, the seeds of fascism were sown in Italy. While the country reeled in shock, a new movement emerged from the chaos: one that preached hatred for politicians and love for the fatherland; one that promised to build a 'New Roman Empire', and make Italy a great power again. Wearing black shirts and wielding guns, knives and truncheons, the proponents of fascism embraced a climate of violence and rampant masculinity. Led by Mussolini, they would systematically destroy the organisations of the left, murdering and torturing anyone who got in their way. In 'Blood and Power', historian John Foot draws on decades of research to chart the turbulent years between 1915 and 1945, and beyond. Using the accounts of real people - fascists, anti-fascists, communists, anarchists, victims, perpetrators and bystanders - he tells the story of fascism and its legacy, which still, disturbingly, reverberates to this day."-- Taken from dust jacket.