See why Benito Mussolini was considered a pioneer among ... Mussolini: The Rise and Fall of Il Duce. 2008 Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan. Ridley, Jasper. Mussolini: A Biography.

Dubbed "Il Duce" (the Leader), Benito Mussolini ruled Italy as the absolute ruler, even scrapping local elections and reinstituting the death penalty for political offenders. Mussolini's most ...

Benito Mussolini was a malignant narcissist and an Adolf Hitler wannabe. He aided Hitler when possible and tried to mimic Hitler’s aggressions when he could. Fortunately, he bungled about all he ...

Mussolini argued that “giving this interview to your paper, which has been so unfair and so hostile to our cause” showed that he bore no malice. In a leading article on the page opposite the interview ...

It was an unholy alliance. In the 1920s and ’30s, Pope Pius XI and Benito Mussolini relied on and used each other in their quest to preserve and protect their respective institutions, the Catholic ...

This Italian drama is possibly the most topical series you’ll see this year – but not in the way you might expect.

il Figlio del Secolo', based on the novel by Antonio Scurati and inspired by Benito Mussolini ... of annual commemorations of the years of 'il Duce'. Given the row sparked by the salute, the ...

Dictator Benito Mussolini was one of the main fascist rulers ... In Álvaro Lozano's book, Mussolini and Italian Fascism, he mentions that the Duce was named after the Mexican president because ...

Mussolini became the 40th Prime Minister of Italy in 1922 and began using the title Il Duce by 1925. After 1936, his official title was "His Excellency Benito Mussolini, Head of Government ...