Description: Introduction: Man and Monster. I. BLACKSMITH'S FORGE. = 1. "A Sulphurous Land". 2. Mama's Bad Boy. 3. Wander-Life. II. ROMANCE AND REVOLUTION. 4. Angelica and Rachele. 5. The Class Struggle. 6. Avanti! 7. Il Popolo d'Italia . III. "THE GARDEN OF FASCISM". 8. Steel Meets Steel. 9. Man of Destiny. 10. The Fasci di Combattimento. 11. An Enemy for Everyone. 12. Black Shirts, Beatings, and the Poetry of Terror. 13. New Legions. 14. "Roma! Roma! Roma!". IV. IL DUCE. 15. Prime Minister. 16. Bombing Corfu, Killing a Critic. 17. Making the Trains Run on Time. 18. Assassins, Workers, Mafia, Pope. V. DAMNATION. 19. Enter Hitler. 20. Another Lion in Abyssinia. 21. Franco's Ally. 22. A New Manifesto and a New Mistress. 23. Peace in Our Time and a Pact of Steel. VI. SPOILS OF WAR. 24. To March with Germany? 25. Mountains and Deserts. 26. Home Front and Russian Front. 27. Coup d'Etat. 28. Puppet in a Stork. 29. Prey of the People. Appendixes. Appendix A. The World of Mussolini: Who Was Who. Appendix B. Suggestions for Further Reading. Index.

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