The March on Rome: Violence and the Rise of Italian Fascism

ISBN-13: 9780367661083 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 192 str.

Giulia Albanese

Opis

The aim of this book is to reconstruct the violent nature of the March and to emphasise its significance in marking a break in the country's history and the beginning of the Fascist dictatorship.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

Preface

Abbreviations

 

1. The Coup d'État Policy

Seditious plans

The Fiume exploit

From Fiume to Rome?

 

2. Political violence

The struggle for the local hegemony

The anniversary policy

Strategies for violence and seizing power

The general strike and its aftermath

 

3. Towards the March

Talk of a coup

Organising the March

Defending the State

 

4. The March on Rome

"It’s pouring": the Fascist mobilisation

The revoking of the state of siege

The fascists in Bologna

The appointing of Mussolini

Demobilisation

 

5. The March after the March

Paper battles

A 'typically Italian revolution': Diplomacy and the March on Rome

The 'bivouac speech' and the parliamentary debate

Army reports

The first official representation

 

6. A Year of Fascist Domination

Violence and public order

The transformation of the State

Time to draw a balance

 

Conclusion

Index

O autorze

Giulia Albanese is Associate Professor at the University of Padua. Her research focuses on the origins of Fascism, political violence and authoritarian cultures in the interwar years. Her previous books include Dittature mediterranee. Sovversioni fasciste e colpi di stato in Italia, Spagna, Portogallo (2016). With Roberta Pergher, she edited In the Society of Fascists: Acclamation, Acquiescence and Agency in Mussolini’s Italy (2012).