It all starts to go horribly wrong… After the disastrous invasion of Greece, Mussolini sends troops to Russia. Benito’s Blitz prompts bemusement in Britain. An Italian assassin somehow ...

The economic term for self-sufficiency is "autarky", borrowed from the ancient Greek word autarkeia, meaning "to suffice".

There have been many mass marches in history, and they have been turned into material for myths and mystification and constitute a trove of wealth for the imagination. Mass gatherings of people stir ...

Pseudo-archaeology has played a big role in constructing mythical histories that feed into imagined pasts that ultimately ...

Shira Klein, chair of the history department at Chapman University, said there is a popular misconception about Italy’s treatment of the Jews during World War II. That view, which she said is ...

Benito Mussolini’s death on April 28 ... Italy soon used its might to invade Greece, but the campaign was unsuccessful and unpopular at home. There, people were still out of work and starving, and ...

By Gianmaria Tammaro, Georg Szalai M. Son of the Century, which premieres on Sky in the U.K. on Feb. 4, covers a span of time in the life of Benito Mussolini, the founder of fascism. It ranges ...

As a historian who has studied and taught courses on Italian fascism, I have spent many hours watching footage and listening to the speeches of dictator Benito Mussolini, who ruled over the ...

Luca Marinelli plays the infamous Benito Mussolini in this eight-part series, charting the leader's ascent to power during the 1920s. In the original teaser trailer, a voice thunders: "My name is ...