The Matteotti Murder and Mussolini: The Anatomy of a Fascist Crime

by Mauro Canali

This much-awarded work by one of Italy's most esteemed historians of fascism, Mauro Canali, is now available in English translation. Based on a wealth of previously unavailable judicial and archival material, it sheds light on how fascism exercised power through violence and corruption from the very beginning. The book reveals the motives that led Mussolini to order the kidnapping and murder of Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in 1924, a turning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031414705
• ISBN13: 9783031414701
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"