Benito Mussolini; Author: Axelrod, Alan; Paperback

Author: Axelrod, Alan
Critical Lives; Paperback; Facsimiles, Portraits
335 pages
Published: November 2001
Pearson Professional Education
ISBN: 0028642147
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A balanced portrait of the man who 'made the trains run on time' in Italy, the despot who, prior to his alliance with Hitler, was admired by no less a light than Winston Churchill. A balanced portrait of the man who 'made the trains run on time' in Italy, the despot who, prior to his alliance with Hitler, was admired by no less a light than Winston Churchill.Benito Mussolini was both better and far worse than the vaguely comic image that is his legacy. Far from being a Hitler understudy, Mussolini himself was the creator of fascism and his creation shaped the destiny of millions.