1. The Rise of Mussolini and Fascism
Small shopkeepers and white-collar workers-social groups that did not think the working-class movement supported their interests-found themselves alienated by business elites on the one hand and by apparently revolutionary radicals on the other. ... Neither platform earned the fascists much political success. What the fascists lacked in political support, they made up for in aggressive determination. ... Mussolini assumed the dual position of prime minister and party leader (duce), and he used the party's militia to eliminate his enemies by intimidation and violence. ... Indeed, the gover...
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