Fascist Voices: An Intimate History of Mussolini's Italy - Couverture rigide

Duggan, Christopher

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1847921035 ISBN 13 : 9781847921031

Editeur : Bodley Head, 2012

Synopsis

Fascist Voices Tracing fascism from its conception to its legacy, the author unpicks why the regime enjoyed the majority of Italian population. He examines the personal relationships that millions of Italians had with Mussolini, explores the religious dimensions of totalitarianism, and discusses why the 'cult of the Duce' still resonates in contemporary Italy. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Christopher Duggan's new history of fascist Italy explores how the movement became embodied in the person of Benito Mussolini who occupied for many an almost divine status and gave millions of men and women a sense of pride and hope, offering the prospect of national regeneration after decades of disappointment.

A work of exceptional authority and originality, Fascist Voices makes use of rarely examined sources - letters and private diaries, newspaper reports and secret police files - to uncover how ordinary people experienced fascism on a daily basis and how its ideology influenced their beliefs, values, language and lifestyle.

Tracing fascism from its conception to its legacy, Christopher Duggan unpicks why the regime enjoyed so much support among the majority of the Italian population. He examines the extraordinary personal relationships that millions of Italians had with Mussolini, explores the religious dimensions of totalitarianism, and discusses why the 'cult of the Duce' still resonates in contemporary Italy.

Fascist Voices is a fresh and disturbing look at a country in thrall to a charismatic dictator.

Revue de presse :

"A fascinating exploration of the letters that 'ordinary' Italians who supported fascism wrote to Mussolini in the 1920s and 1930s" (Glasgow Sunday Herald)

"This original, revealing and disturbing book provides a grassroots view of fascist Italy" (Independent)

"Duggan's superbly researched book uncovers the nasty reality of [Mussolini's] regime and demonstrates that there was a disturbing symbiotic relationship between fascism and the Catholic Church" (Mail on Sunday)

"An elegantly written study that is the work of a historian at the height of his powers" (History Today)

"Magnificent new book, a pathbreaking study that everyone interested in Fascism, or in Italy past and present, should read" (Richard J. Evans London Review of Books)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bodley Head
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1847921035
• ISBN 13: 9781847921031
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 528