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Fascist Voices This page intentionally left blank Fascist Voices An Intimate History of Mussolini’s Italy christopher duggan 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 © Christopher Duggan 2013 First published in Great Britain in 2012 by The Bodley Head All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Duggan, Christopher. Fascist voices : an intimate history of Mussolini’s Italy / Christopher Duggan. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-19-973078-0 1. Italy—History—1922–1945. 2. Fascism—Social aspects—Italy. 3. Fascism and the Catholic Church—Italy. 4. Fascism and culture—Italy. 5. Mussolini, Benito, 1883–1945—Public opinion. I. Title. DG571.D84 2013 945.091—dc23 2012040831 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Contents Maps vii Preface xi 1 The Fruits of Victory, 1919–20 1 2 From Rhetoric to Violence, 1920–22 27 3 Return to Order, 1922–24 55 4 The Man of Providence 87 5 Purifying the Nation’s Soul 113 6 Spaces for Dissent 148 7 Imparting Faith 179 8 The Politics of Intimacy 216 9 A Place in the Sun 249 10 Defence of the Race 283 11 War 319 12 The Road to Disaster 351 13 The Final Act 384 Epilogue 418 Notes 437 Acknowledgements 481 Index 483 This page intentionally left blank
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