Mussolini

M Clark is a retired academic, former reader in Politics at the University of Edinburgh (he taught Gordon Brown what he knows about European History!).  He is also the author of Modern Italy 1871-1995, ( Longman 1985) and other books on Italian history including Antonio Gramsci and Revolution, (Yale 1977) and  The Italian Risorgimento, (Longman 1998).

'...a highly readable account, packed with information, full of references to present-day politics and with a fair number of light-hearted asides to the reader. Clark is a master of the moderating synthesis and has no place for moral outrage.'Paul Corner, Journal of Modern Italian Studies 2006

• Introduction Mussolini: Personality and Power 1 Early Years and the Great War 1883–1918 2 Manoeuvres to Power 1918–22 3 Precarious Tenure 1922–4 4 Making the Fascist State 1925–9 5 Targets and ‘Battles’ 1925–35 6 At the Height of his Power? The Regime and the Duce 1929–35 7 The Duce Abroad: Propaganda, Peacemaking and War 1922–36 8 Electing a New People 1936–40 9 The Approach of War 1936–40 10 The Duce at War 1940–3 11 The Years of Captivity 1943–5 Conclusion: Debates Among Historians