Would you work with a killer? Benito Mussolini loved violence as a child and as an adult. He enjoyed being the center of attention. He was the son of a blacksmith and a Christian school teacher. Later in his years, he became a school teacher himself, and a socialist journalist. He worked with a killer, just to complete his goals. In 1910, he married Rachele Guidi, who bore his five children. In 1911, Mussolini was put in jail for his action to join Italy’s war in Libya (Benito Mussolini, 1). When Benito was released from jail in 1912, he became the editor of the socialist newspaper. When 1916 hit, he joined the military, and ended up getting shot and had to leave the military. Mussolini and other war veterans started a group, which was the
The general direction of Mussolini’s totalitarian rule possessed
In 1919 he bought a newspaper publisher and while he owned it they printed weekly articles reflecting anti semitic views. One such article was the international jew which said that jews were the cause of world war 1. For his 75th birthday he received the grand cross of the supreme order, the highest honor nazzi germany could give to a foreigner. His company also allegedly profited off of slave labor in a factory in germany during world war 2. He also did all he could to try and stop his company from being unionized but after a strike he ended up signing the contract for the UAW.
He believed that only a strong leader like himself could defeat conflicts caused by other political parties (especially communists/socialists) and post-war problems (World War I). Mussolini’s first call to action was creating a group called the “Blackshirts” that would carry out beatings against communist leaders and throwing them out of office. People of all different backgrounds joined including teachers, business people, and store owners (Document 5). Mussolini constantly told his people that he was going to restore Italy back to its glorious Roman Empire era. He backed up his sayings by invading Ethiopia.
Benito Mussolini was one of the strongest opponents towards democracy and liberalism, primarily in his native nation, Italy, and also in other areas in the world . He was, thus, a strong enthusiast of fascism. Adolf Hitler, on the other side, used the style and policies of leadership that were largely linked
These projects helped with constructions and the government throughout Italy during the economic setbacks. In the end Mussolini was not well liked by many. Very few respected him and cared for him because of all the things that he did in his lifetime. Benito Mussolini was born in Italy on July 29th, 1883.
Professor A.F.K. Organski saw fascism as “A developmental stage in the modernization process, an elite dictatorship that advanced and industrialized a nation’s economy. ”(Organski) Mussolini was able to do many positive movements for Italy, one was being able to unite the two sections of Italy. One of the way he was able to unite Italy was to build the fine roads. “The Via del mare and the Via Dell’Impero were just two of the major roads that Fascism laid out in the Eternal City” (Baxa 2010).
Benito Mussolini- most would not classify this Fascist leader as having any part in America’s organized crime. However, Mussolini’s 1922 rise to power allowed the dots connecting the dictator to the Italian Mafia to form. Following World War I, the rising issue of the Sicilian Mafia became pervasive throughout Sicily. Recognizing this threat to his power, he quickly put Cesare Mori, one of his adherents, in charge of purging the Mafia from the streets of Sicily. This was no easy feat, Mafiosi ran rampant throughout Palermo and their bureaucratic leaders maintained an efficient system of eliminating their enemies- assassination.
Because Mussolini established himself as a totalitarian leader and was able to bend the Fascist ideology to his will he developed a severe megalomania that set a dangerous pretext for his regime and country. Mussolini held the title of Duce or leader, but by 1929 he had another nine posts including minister of foreign affairs, defence and the interior. This was a tool that was used to promote his cult of personality, but also greatly restricted the functionality of several ministries at once, as Il Duce simply could not cope with the amount of time and energy each of these positions demanded. The Fascist government prior and during the Second World War can be pretty much defined by Mussolini holding an endless dialogue with himself, as he essentially was the sole decision-making body and could pass any law without input or hindrance from others. Every part of the country and government institution was to a large extent controlled and supervised by the Fascist Grand Council (around 30 members) alone and this totalitarian system forced natural career growth out because everyone was encouraged to fight for power.
Due to Mussolini’s acceptance and encouragement of their art, many Italian artists actually found themselves to be supportive of Mussolini and his leadership style. Mussolini sought to create a resurgence of Italian cultural supremacy, trying to simultaneously bring Italy’s culture back to the glory days of Rome while also propelling it into the future through new modernist styles. Mussolini explained at one point that Rome was to be the reference point for all cultural production. He wanted Italy to be a Roman Italy, and believed that Fascism was a way of bringing Roman Italy back to life. However, the modernist and avant-garde work that was often produced in Fascist Italy was far sleeker and more forward thinking than the traditional Roman styles of art has
It is argued that is Adolf Hitler suffered from a multitude of severe psychological disorders. Through this study we intend to study his abnormal behavior and what led him to commit such heinous acts. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in Austria to Alois and Klara Hitler. Hitler saw two of his siblings die at a very young age. Early deaths in the family had lot of impact on him and drifted him towards war and death.
Mussolini came to power during a very unstable time in Italy’s history. “When Benito Mussolini debuted the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, the precursor to his fascist party, on Mar. 23, 1919, in Milan, he wasn’t inventing the idea of violent authoritarianism. But he put a name on a new and terrible breed of it. Under his leadership, squads of militants attacked, beat, and killed fellow Italians; later, once he had become the authoritarian ruler of Italy, he oversaw brutality in Ethiopia, an alliance with Hitler and the persecution of Italy’s Jewish population and others, among other crimes”
Mussolini’s Early Life Benito Mussolini was born on July 29th, 1883 in the town of Predappio Italy. He was the oldest having two siblings. His father was a blacksmith when Mussolini was a child and his mother was a Catholic teacher. Their family lived in a crowded two bedroom apartment with very little room for the family. In school, Mussolini was highly intelligent but was a bully to his peers.
Benito Mussolini was an Italian politician and journalist known for his involvement in World War II and dictatorship over Italy. Forming the Fascist party in 1919, Mussolini became Italy’s prime minister in 1922, and continued to serve as Italy’s leader until 1943. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was born on June 29, 1883 in Dovia di Predappio, Forlì, Italy. Often spending most of his time on politics, his father, Alessandro, worked as a blacksmith and was a passionate socialist.
However, he did not adhere to the structure of socialism. On the contrary; he seemed to advocate the ideas that were the most popular among the Italian workers. This inconsistency has also made it difficult to determine Mussolini’s foreign policy goals (Duggan, 2013).
Benito Mussolini became the-Prime Minister of Italy in 1922. He founded the Fasci Italiani de Combattimento, which later be known as the Fascists. His rise to power was due to many factors, the main-one-being the public discontent in the existing government after the first world war. Although Italy had won in the-war, many-Italians felt they were cheated-out-of the territorial settlements they thought they were promised to receive. This resulted in a growing distrust and resentment-against the government as many Italians found themselves dispossessed of their land and properties.