Was Benito Mussolini a Hero or a Villain? By Rachel Coster Research Phase: Primary Sources A speech made by Mussolini on the 23.3.1939. PropagandaItaliaFC. (2012). Benito Mussolini - Speech (26.03.1939 Rome) (English subtitle). [Online Video]. 15 April 2012 . Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpn9iPLbNDc. [Accessed: 08 September 2013]. It can be seen from this speech how much the Italian people admired and believed in Mussolini. This is evident when the camera cuts to the crowd
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Benito Mussolini: The rise‚ the fall and the reasons Contents Page * Introduction to the project: Page 2 * Introduction: Page 2 * Post WWI Italy: Page 2 * The Fascist movement: Reasons for their rise : Page 3 * The Fascist movement: The take-over: page3 * The beginning: Page 4 * The change: Page 4 * The next step: Page 5 * Mussolini and the “Empire”: Page 6 * Mussolini’s “puppet
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Benito Mussolini wrote The Doctrine of Fascism as part of an article for the Enciclopeida Italiana in 1932 (235). Mussolini outlines fascism “as a doctrine” which entails specific views on “material and intellectual problems” which have been the historical source oppression (236). He opposes three major ideologies and concludes by arguing that fascism is the superior political and social doctrine to unite Italy towards her “destined impulse” of expansion (239). Mussolini has two main targets‚ and
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Benito Mussolini was an Italian Prime Minister who reigned from 1922 to 1943; his main goals during his reign were to become a dictator who had similar ways and beliefs as other proverbial dictators such as Adolf Hitler and to make Italy a powerful nation in Europe. Italy’s history has been mostly affected by Mussolini and his fascist views which promoted inequality‚ communism‚ imbalance of rights‚ etc. A word which can be used to describe this inequality is dystopia; a dystopian society is a place
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A RESEARCH PAPER OF BENITO MUSSOLINI Presented by Patrick Mentone To Mr.Quinn For US History At Fenwick High School On May 31‚2013 Benito Mussolini was born on December 29‚ 1883 and died on April 28‚ 1945. Alessandro Mussolini was his father and he was a blacksmith. Benito says his father was his role model because he taught him everything he knew about politics. His mother was Rosa Mussolini. Alessandro and Rosa had three children‚ one girl and two boys. Benito’s
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The Rise and Fall of Benito Mussolini "Fascism‚ the more it considers and observes the future and development of humanity quite apart from political considerations of the moment‚ believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace” (Modern History Sourcebook: Benito Mussolini: What is Fascism‚ 1932). Italy‚ the recently unified country of the 1920s‚ was in a very difficult period of time after the peak of the First World War. Only one leader managed to emerge from this period
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Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (Italian pronunciation: [beˈnito mussoˈlini]; 29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician‚ journalist‚ and leader of the National Fascist Party‚ ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. He ruled constitutionally until 1925‚ when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set up a legal dictatorship. Known as Il Duce ("the leader")‚ Mussolini was one of the key figures in the creation of fascism is a form of radical authoritarian
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Hitler and Mussolini were very similar since both shared the same motives for gaining power and the Fascist belief in absolute control by one supreme leader. After World War I‚ Italy was upset that they didn’t get the land they were promised and Germany was angered by the reparations that they faced. In Benito Mussolini’s The Doctrine of Fascism he wrote‚ “The Italian people will rise again to create a new Roman Empire‚ and once again the Italian people will lead the world.” Hitler hoped to develop
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Benito Mussolini‚ What is Fascism? Italy faced serious postwar economic problems which became known as "The Two Red Years". It faced inflation problems due to government printing money to pay for weapons‚ workers on strike‚ arms and shipbuilders became bankrupt due to lack of government order‚ and unemployment rose to two million as returning soldiers searched for work. Benito Mussolini‚ upon being removed from the Socialist Party for advocating Italy ’s participation in battle‚ organized the
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Ty Easley World History Honors Unit VII Paper 12/16/09 Mussolini versus Mao Benito Mussolini and Mao Tse-tung were both influential totalitarian leaders in their own right. Both were revolutionaries‚ visionary or otherwise‚ and booth loosely followed a similar pattern of leadership and control‚ though with some deviations to allow for incongruent circumstances. Mussolini and Mao shared similar source philosophies – both were portrayed as an example of a “phoenix arising from the ashes”. In
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