Compare And Contrast Mussolini And Italian Fascism

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12. In the 1930’s, over sixty percent of books held in libraries were taken away because they were considered “harmful” to the Soviet Union. In just one year, 779 579 books in Moscow were either destroyed or lost because of specific contents that were against the idealogies of the Soviet leadership. As a result, the Soviet people had only access to content that was supportive of Stalin which meant the abilties of critisizing the government were not possible.
B. Benito Mussolini/Italy (Class notes, Fascist Italy Outline Notes) 1. The war proved costly for the Italians because it costed 148 billion lire. WW1 created domestic confusion as inflation undermined the middle class security, and there was high unemployment/dissatisfication from veterans. 2. People were realizing
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Stalin removed the previous New Economic Policy introduced by Lenin in 1921 and created the newly formed Command Economy. The NEM which allowed some forms of private business was immediately stopped. Stalin’s new CE was only controlled by the government.
Italy-AUTHORITARIANS (Class notes, Fascist Italy Outline Notes) 1. Italian Fascism was based on the idea of extreme nationalism and the idea of expanding territory to be able to exert Fascist influences. During his reign, Mussolini recognized and identified modern Italy to be the ancestors of the mighty Julius Caesar and Renaissance Italy as well calling themselves, the Third Rome. For Example, Mussolini emulated Caesar for the Fascists rise to power and Augustus for the Fascists ability to build a Fascist Empire. 2. Mussolini showed that he had the ability to invade Albania and Ethiopia, both of which were the crown Jewels in the eyes of Italians at that time. 3. Mussolini used anti-communism, anti-strike, nationalistic rhetoric and terror to help him obtain his goals.
Germany(Class notes, Fascism & Nazism) 1. Nazism was based on anti-semitism, anti-communism, belief in a single leader, extreme German nationalism, and Social

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