Benito Mussolini was not the bumbling buffoon portrayed in popular culture, but the most powerful force behind the rise of European Fascism before World War Two. Using archival material kept across ...

See why Benito Mussolini was considered a pioneer among 20th century dictators. From undermining judges to indoctrinating children, he forged key tactics for seizing power. He also created fascism ...

Benito Mussolini, the architect of this extremist ... Mussolini's disguise failed to conceal his identity, and he met his fate at the hands of Italian Communist partisans, who executed him in ...

Autocrats have long seen depending on elections to decide one’s political fate as unacceptable ... Many strongmen, including ...

From Benito Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin to Manuel Noriega, dictators confront us with some fascinating questions. What drove their thirst for domination and control? How did they seize ...

ROME, Feb 27 (Reuters) - A small town on Italy's Lake Garda that was home to Italy's last fascist government voted late on Wednesday to cancel an honorary citizenship for Benito Mussolini.

Chief among them was Mussolini’s decision to conduct a "parallel war" based on his own tactical and political agendas. Against this backdrop, Daniel Carpi depicts the fate of some 5000 Jews in Tunisia ...