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Mussolini's willing followers

Mussolini's willing followers | Mussolini and Italy | Scoop.it
In a broadcast in December 1940 Winston Churchill famously declared that “one man, and one man alone” – namely Mussolini – was responsible for Italy waging war on Britain.
Kent College History's insight:
'The postwar orthodoxy held that most Italians never truly bought into Fascism. Yet, says Christopher Duggan, who died earlier this year, the devotion to Mussolini expressed in newly analysed diaries and letters of the time tells a very different story...'
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November 16, 2015 2:21 PM
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Christopher Duggan obituary

Christopher Duggan obituary | Mussolini and Italy | Scoop.it
Historian of modern Italy who shed new light on its espousal of fascism
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'Not all scholars agree with him about popular loyalty to Benito Mussolini, but Christopher’s meticulous research and clear prose give us an unconventional history of the era, a history that shows vividly how fascism operated at grassroots level. The book was awarded the Wolfson prize.'

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January 17, 2016 6:59 AM
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Listening to fascist voices: Italy under Mussolini

'Fascist voices' is the award-winning book by Christopher Duggan, University of Reading, which explores Italy under the fascist dictatorship of Mussolini thr...
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The late Christopher Duggan, of the University of Reading, introducing his book, Fascist Voices: an intimate history of Mussolini's Italy. 

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