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Mussolini in Myth and Memory The First Totalitarian Dictator [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CKWK6K8K | 2023 | 5 hours and 37 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 301 MB
Author: Paul Corner
Narrator: Liam Gerrard

Mussolini has rarely been taken seriously as a totalitarian dictator; Hitler and Stalin have always cast too long a shadow. But what was a negative judgement on the Duce, considered innocuous and ineffective, has begun to work to his advantage. As has occurred with many other European dictators, present-day popular memory of Mussolini is increasingly indulgent; in Italy and elsewhere he is remembered as a strong, decisive leader. Mussolini in Myth and Memory argues against this rehabilitation, documenting the inefficiencies, corruption, and violence of a highly repressive regime and exploding the myths of fascist good government.

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