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Mussolini #3.1

Mussolini il duce. Gli anni del consenso

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Uscito per la prima volta nel 1974, Gli anni del consenso dedica ampio spazio ai problemi del regime, all'impatto della 'grande crisi' sull'economia italiana e alle sue ripercussioni sui programmi di politica economico-sociale, alla politica estera e alla guerra d'Etiopia, ma soprattutto alla questione del consenso. De Felice analizza l'atteggiamento verso il fascismo e Mussolini delle masse popolari, dei giovani, della classe dirigente, delle forze economiche; e in parallelo studia gli strumenti messi in atto per determinare il consenso, evidenziandone le contraddizioni interne destinate a diventare, con l'intervento in Spagna e l'alleanza con la Germania nazista, sempre piú evidenti e decisive per le sorti del fascismo.

945 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

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Renzo De Felice

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Renzo De Felice (8 April 1929 – 25 May 1996) was an Italian historian, who specialized in the Fascist era, writing, among other works, a 6000-page biography of Benito Mussolini (4 volumes, 1965–1997). He argued that Mussolini was a revolutionary modernizer in domestic issues but a pragmatist in foreign policy who continued the Realpolitik policies of Italy from 1861 to 1922.
Historian of Italy Philip Morgan has called De Felice's biography of Mussolini "a very controversial, influential and at the same time problematic re-reading of Mussolini and Fascism" and rejected the contention that his work rose above politics to "scientific objectivity", as claimed by the author and his defenders.

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