Brilliant!
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A fabulous book on the Duce. Detailed, comprehensive, and very interesting. This is how historical biographies should be written.
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An insight into the man behind the facade of Italian Fascism
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Mack Smith's biography is a thorough account of Mussolini's life. Factually it is excellent in depicting life in Fascist Italy backed up with lots of evidence and statistics. However 'Mussolini' truly excels in Mack Smith's analytical interpretations of the events in Mussolini's life, offering the depth and knowlegde which makes this book a 'must have' for anybody studying Fascist Italy.
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Compulsory for student and beginner alike
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This book is a must for all students studying fascism. It gives an in-depth analysis of the man who founded fascism and provides an insight into his life. Mack-Smith's expertise on the subject gives powerful quotes for essays and his accessible style allows the whole ability range to understand it. But it is not only for the student, since that same style allows anyone who is interested in the past century to understand someone who was much misunderstood. Someone who began life as an extreme Marxist, became a much less radical Conservative, before turning his hand to ultra-nationalist fascism is clearly an interesting person. By reading this book you will understand the man who was behind the ideal of the twentieth century: fascism.
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