Italian Fascism

depended on the supporters. If a person in power was not favored, assassinations and exiles occurred. In the late 19th century the President of the French Republic, the Spanish Prime Minister, and Empress Elizabeth of Austria were all assassinated by Italian anarchists. The killings only emphasized the importance of being liked by the citizens of one’s country.…

Rebecca Szabo Exam #1 Nazi Party Versus Fascism There are many similarities and differences between Italian fascism and German Nazism that has both positively and negatively affected history that Kershaw highlights in To Hell and Back as well as our class discussions. Beginning with some differences, one of the most profound and key differences between Nazism and fascism is their differing views on race, racism, and racial superiority. Kershaw focuses much of his book on the explosion of ethnic…

Germany and a disastrous war, leaving it literally in ruins. Yet Italy’s relationship with and feeling towards the dictator were; and remain, complex and contradictory. We know much about how Fascism functioned in Italy in the 1930s, the major institutions, figures and policies. However, how the ordinary Italian has viewed Mussolini during his lifetime has remained somewhat of a…

Benito Mussolini was a clever man. Prior to 1922, he used the post war crisis to his advantage. He provided the illusion that fascism was the way forward and a way to eradicate the country of socialism . The people of Italy saw it as a means to end the economic, social and political turmoil they were facing . The political ideology and mass movement of fascism dominated Italy. It included extreme militaristic nationalism, political and cultural liberalism. They stood for social unity and…

words of Mussolini. Nationalistic slogans were used to gain political support for the Fascist party, but it was also used to elevate the idolization of Mussolini himself. The phrase “Viva il Duce”, meaning “Long live the Leader”, was used to so the Italians would learn to idolize Mussolini, who was self-titled “Il Duce”. One of the reasons that slogans as propaganda are psychologically effective is that they utilize the Primacy Effect. In relation to forming impressions, the Primacy Effect is…

The Italian combat squad was formed by 200 smaller groups which would later grow in size to become known as the Blackshirts. As Mussolini’s popularity grew two years prior from the start of the Italian combat squad, the first fascist party was started. After the first fascist party was created Mussolini was finally let into the government and eventually…

economic system of Fascist Italy could perhaps be best described as fascist corporatism. A system which exchanged laissez-fair for a new system of economic control that benefits state interest. Although, Welk (1938, 153-154) argues that, the system of Italian corporatism actually lies somewhere in between laissez-faire capitalism and a communist command economy. Therefore, in the continued existence of capitalism it is important to consider the key entity, big business. The Role of Big…

financial stability that the country of Italy needed. Mussolini came to power in 1922 during Italy’s time of corruption, economic depression and labor disputes . He did not come in as a savior but more or so a dictator. Mussolini invented the word Fascism and introduced it as a political party to Italy, and it succeeded through a blend of propaganda and coercion in imposing its monopoly of patriotism and the cult of the nation. He enforced a fascist mentality of modern culture onto Italy in his…

gaining power, Benito Mussolini introduced a Fascist Program. Mussolini’s rise to power marked the introduction of the first fascist program, the Italian Fascisti. A program which would later influence Adolf Hitler and Nazism, as well as Francisco Franco and his Falange Party. However, Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini must be credited with the origins of fascism or fascismo. Though Mussolini defined fascismo as more of a spiritual concept than political, this enquiry will focus on the political…

Mussolini could return Italy to greatness after their defeat in WW1. Thus suggesting Mussolini came to power by default, as the country was in a weak and vulnerable position after the debacle of WW1, and not by his own strengths. Benito Mussolini was an Italian journalist, politician, and leader of the Facist party in which he founded in the March of 1919. The right-wing organisation supported nationalism, wore black t-shirts for their uniform and initiated a program of unrest and intimidation…