Benito Mussolini

Elite theories have often been associated with fascism. In particular, elite theorists such as Pareto and Michels had undeniable ties with the Italian Fascist party and the latter even supported Mussolini. One of the strongest arguments for this association is that elite theories are usually deemed to be anti-socialist and anti-democratic. By rejecting both Marxism and the democratic system, elite theories seem to be advocating for new forms of power, which fascism can easily be seen as the…

Italian neorealism also known as the Golden Age of Italian Cinema, is a national film movement that helped shaped the 1948 Vittorio De Sica’s film The Bicycle Thieves. Familiar to Italian neorealism, they story follows Antonio a character amongst the poor and the working class. Neorealism is a strong aspect to the film because of the use of being filmed on location and often using nonprofessional actors that are going through post World War II tough economic and moral conditions. The conditions…

more significant role than material properties. Even though the ideology of fascism might appear reasonable, the political movement managed to attain its power with only the use of violence and terror of masses and not of individuals. Precisely, Mussolini has also used terrorist assassins as a mean of spreading terror. According to believers of the fascist movement, mass violence translated to domination of the street (Laqueur, 1996). Under Mussolini’s leadership the case had been that…

Charlie Chaplin, a well-known comic actor with his featured mustache, wrote, scored, directed and produced his first sound movie, The Great Dictator, in 1940. The Great Dictator marked the transition of Chaplin’s career from silent movies to a period of the sound movies. In his early work, for instance, The Tramp, he used to be a mime actor as he was so talented that his action and facial expression could perfectly present the whole story. Chaplin believed that the expression of an actor made…

It is September 1940 and Italy just allied with Germany and Japan to sign a tripartite pact which later became best known for the Axis Powers. The people of Italy continue to live their lives until a few hours later when the news comes out that Mussolini had just allied with Germany and Japan. The people start to question what is going to happen to them now that they are going to ally with the Allie powers. Especially the people that are not originally from Italy Mona, Janice and Ruth have been…

The Great Dictator, an American satirical political comedy written and played by Charlie Chaplin during the time the United States was still formally at peace with Germany. Chaplin's film advanced a harsh and controversial condemnation of Adolf Hitler, fascism, anti semitism, and the Nazis. Charlie Chaplin plays a poor Jewish barber, the main protagonist. The Barber was a soldier during World War I and loses his memory for about 20 years then becomes of the Fuhrer of Tomainia due to his…

In October 1936, Mussolini and his army attacked Ethiopia in hopes of adding it to the Italian empire. During the attack, Hitler was the only person, along with his Nazi party, to show support for Mussolini. This support developed ties between Mussolini and Hitler. After some time, Mussolini promised Hitler his complete allegiance. This alliance influenced Mussolini to adapt some of the same views that Hitler held on race (McKay, p. 846). In…

The Allied Forces wasted an opportunity to gain a position of relative advantage over the Germany Army by the failure to contain Germany forces in Sicily. The inability of Allied Force Headquarters (AFHQ) to seize the initiative allowed the Germany leadership time to develop the withdrawal of forces to Italy. The essay will address the dysfunctional command and control of the AFHQ at the various levels of leadership which allowed an orderly withdrawal of Axis forces. It will evaluate the…

The big “red scare” of 1919-1920 resulted in a nationwide crusade against left-wingers whose Americanism was suspect and was a godsend to conservative businesspeople, who used it to break the backs of the fledgling unions. “Red Scare” was important, because it led to violations of individual’s rights. Sacco and Vanzetti Case Nicola Sacco, a shoe-factory worker, and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, a fish peddler, were convicted in 1921 of the murder of a Massachusetts paymaster and his guard. The jury and…

world peace. Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Russia were dictated by Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin. Although, Nazi Germany’s obvious military ally in Europe was Italy, governed by Mussolini. The relationship between Hitler and Mussolini was composite and rough. The agreement of their countries was not as firm as many thought, the union between Germany and Italy became a convenience rather than an alliance. Hitler and Mussolini both shared ideas and also had differences; both man were dictators…