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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-100312193033
ISBN-139780312193034
eBay Product ID (ePID)249197
Product Key Features
Book TitleMussolini : a Biography
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicEurope / Italy, Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism, World / European, Political, Military
GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorJasper. Ridley
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight27.3 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-037813
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal945.091/092 B
SynopsisHardly the buffoon he is frequently made out to be, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) was an able politician who won the esteem of many statesmen and who knew how to cooperate peacefully with foreign governments when it suited him. Mussolini, the first comprehensive biography in fifteen years, offers a penetrating and provocative portrait of the Fascist dictator whose own ruthless and rapacious appetite for power ultimately doomed him and his regime.
Renowned biographer Jasper Ridley creates a compelling portrait of one of the 20th century's most colorful and reprehensible figures: Benito Mussolini. From his childhood as a juvenile delinquent to a WWI soldier, socialist agitator, and finally dictator of Italy, Ridley shows how politics led to a break with his European allies, and to a disastrous alliance with Adolf Hitler that ultimately sealed his fate.