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The Fascist Dictatorship

The Fascist Dictatorship

Salvemini, Gaetano

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General Political ScienceItalian History

ISBN10: 1025657845
ISBN13: 9781025657844
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.11
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The Fascist Dictatorship is a seminal historical and political analysis by Gaetano Salvemini, one of the most prominent anti-fascist intellectuals of the early 20th century. Written during the formative years of Benito Mussolini's regime, this first volume provides a rigorous examination of the collapse of Italian democracy and the subsequent rise of the Fascist state. Salvemini meticulously documents the political maneuvers, social unrest, and institutional failures that allowed a single-party dictatorship to seize control of the nation.

Through a combination of historical narrative and political critique, the work explores the methods of repression and propaganda employed by the regime. Salvemini, an exile from his homeland at the time of writing, offers a unique contemporary perspective that remains a vital primary source for understanding the origins of 20th-century totalitarianism. This volume is essential reading for students of European history and political science, offering deep insights into the fragility of democratic institutions and the mechanisms of autocratic power.

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