Duce! the rise and fall of Benito Mussolini
1971
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Benito Mussolini in 1921. Over 50 b/w illustration plates. The life of Mussolini, dictator of Italy from 1930-1943 when he was ousted from power. He was the key person in the creation of Fascism by destroying opposition with his secret police and having outlawed workers to go on strike. He led Italy to side with Germany in WW II.
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Author
Richard Collier
Author · 11 books
British historian, was born in London, England in 1924. He joined the Royal Air Force at eighteen after that, as a war correspondent, he traveled throughout the Far East. He has worked on numerous British and American magazines and has written more than half a dozen books about the Second World War. Few of them are: The sands of Dunkirk, 1961, Duce! A biography of Benito Mussolini, 1971, and The war in the desert, 1977.
