ABSTRACT
This volume is a study of Fascism in its country of origin, Italy. It describes the impact of a new type of political movement on Italian government and society. The Fascist seizure of power did not begin or end with Mussolini's famous March on Rome in 1922; it was achieved rather by gradual subversion of the liberal order, which involved not only the destruction of all political opposition but also the creation of new institutions designed to control economic and cultural life. A classic work of wide-ranging scholarship, this book is here republished with a new preface by the author and will be essential reading for all students of Fascism and international history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|12 pages
Introduction
chapter 2|22 pages
The Crisis of the Liberal State
chapter 3|29 pages
The Rise of the Fascist Movement
chapter 4|14 pages
The March on Rome
chapter 5|22 pages
Mussolini and His Allies
chapter 6|23 pages
Normalization
chapter 7|25 pages
The Party and the State (I)
chapter 8|19 pages
The Party and the State (II)
Party Organization and the Revisionist Campaign 1923–4
