The March on Rome: Violence and the Rise of Italian Fascism

Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right

by Giulia Albanese

The aim of this book is to reconstruct the violent nature of the March on Rome and to emphasise its significance in demarcating a real break in the country's history and the beginning of the Fascist dictatorship. This aspect of the March has long been obscured: first by the Fascists' celebratory project, and then by the ironic and reductive interpretation of the event put forward by anti-Fascists.

This volume focuses on the role and purpose of Fascist political violence from its origins. In doing so, it highlights the conflictual nature of the March by illustrating the violent impact it had on Italian institutions as well as the importance of a debate on this political turning point in Italy and beyond. The volume also examines how the event crucially contributed to the construction of a dictatorial political regime in Italy in the weeks following Mussolini's appointment as head of the government.

Originally published in Italian, this book fills a notable gap in current critical discussion surrounding the March in the English language.

Genres: History

210 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Davide · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️½

[Andrea Maisano · Rating 4 out of 5]

La marcia su Roma come inizio della dittatura fascista, la marcia su Roma come evento di rottura senza che questo voglia dire che non vi siano elementi di continuità tra il pre-28 e il post-28 ottobre 1922. Una ricostruzione chiara e approfondita degli eventi che portarono l'ex-socialista Benito Mussolini e il suo piccolo partito, entrato in parlamento solo l'anno prima, al potere.

[Cristiano Cazzoletti · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ottimamente documentato. Illustra con dovizia di documenti l'ideazione, l'esecuzione e le conseguenze della Marcia.

[Feliciana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una completa analisi dei macro-punti storiografici che nell'edizione aggiornata, a 100 anni dalla Marcia, invitano a - anzi, impongono - una riflessione più accurata degli eventi.