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Mussolini: The Rise and Fall of Il Duce de Christopher Hibbert

Mussolini: The Rise and Fall of Il Duce

Autor Christopher Hibbert
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 2008
With his signature insight and compelling style, Christopher Hibbert explains the extraordinary complexities and contradictions that characterized Benito Mussolini.  Mussolini was born on a Sunday afternoon in 1883 in a village in central Italy. On a Saturday afternoon in 1945 he was shot by Communist partisans on the shores of Lake Como. In the sixty-two years in between those two fateful afternoons Mussolini lived one of the most dramatic lives in modern history. Hibbert traces Mussolini's unstoppable rise to power and details the nuances of his facist ideology. This book examines Mussolini's legacy and reveals why he continues to be both revered and reviled by the Italian people.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780230606050
ISBN-10: 0230606059
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: Incl 16 b/w photos
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Palgrave MacMillan
Locul publicării:Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface
Family Tree Showing Mussolini's Ancestry and Descendants
PART I: THE FIGHT FOR POWER
The Young Rebel  July 29, 1883-December 1912
The Interventionist October 1913–May 1915
The Fascist in the Making August 1915–October 28, 1922
The Head of the Government October 28, 1922–June 13, 1924
The Dictator June 13, 1924–June 10, 1940 
PART II: EMPIRE AND AXIS
The Diplomat October 28, 1922-June 10, 1940
The Commander-in-Chief June 10, 1940–October 23, 1942 
PART III: THE FALL OF THE COLOSSUS
'The War is Going Badly' October 23, 1942–January 23, 1943
The Conspirators November 1942–July 24, 1943
The Grand Council Meeting July 24-25, 1943
The Rest at Villa Savoia July 25, 1943
The Prisoner July 25, 1943–August 28, 1943
On the Gran Sasso August 28, 1943–September 12, 1943
The Rescue from Gran Sasso September 12, 1943
The Meeting at the Fuhrer's Headquarters September 15, 1943
The President at Gargnano– The First Year September 27, 1943–September 27, 1944
The Civil War November 1943–December 1944
The President at Gargnano– The Final Months December 1944–April 1945
The Germans Surrender February–April 1945
The Move to Milan April 19-25, 1945
The Flight from Milan April 25-27, 1945
The Capture April 27, 1945 'Colonel Valerio' April 27-28, 1945
Death at Villa Belmonte April 28, 1945
The Piazzale Loreto April 29, 1945 
Notes on Sources
Bibliography
Index

Notă biografică

CHRISTOPHER HIBBERT, "a pearl of biographers" (New Statesman), is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of many highly acclaimed books, including Disraeli, Edward VII, George VI, The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici, and Cavaliers and Roundheads. He lives in Henley-on-Thames, England.

Caracteristici

BIG NAME AUTHOR:  Christopher Hibbert is a prolific writer with an impeccable reputation. He has been called "one of England's greatest living historical writers" by Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and "an outstanding popular historian" by historian A.N. Wilson
NEW MATERIAL:  This new paperback edition will feature a foreword by a famous expert on Italian history like Tim Parks, Paul Ginsborg or Alexander Stille
BACKLIST PLAN:  This book is part of a broad program of reissuing all of Hibbert's backlist titles as a series, repackaged, with new designs and new forewords
STRONG REVIEW COVERAGE:  All of Hibbert's books so far have been reviewed favorably
TOPIC OF INTEREST:  People remain intrigued by the dictators of the 20th century and their role in WWII. Mussolini is a fascinating historical figure and Hibbert details his charisma and contradictions with unique insight

Recenzii

"Christopher Hibbert is a wonderful narrative historian who has illuminated many corners of Italian life and history. He has the gift of creating scenes and characters, of rendering the vividness of the past. His ""Mussolini"" is no exception. He manages to convey both the charisma and ""dilettantismo"" of Mussolini the revolutionary leader as well as the later folly of "Il Duce", the dictator who began increasingly to believe his own rhetoric -- ''Mussolini is always right' -- in leading his country into World War and ruin." --Alexander Stille, award-winning author of ""Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian-Jewish Families Under Fascism"", and of ""The Sack of Rome: Media + Money + Celebrity = Power = Silvio Berlusconi"" Praise for Christopher Hibbert: "Hibbert is a remarkably prolific popular historian, who can take on almost anything, from Dickens to General Wolfe, from Agincourt to Garibaldi." - "The Observer""An excellent account...balanced and perceptive in outlook...well-written and entertaining."--"Economist" "[Hibbert] is a superbly skillful historical writer."--"The Spectator""" "An adroitly written evocation of a compelling but enigmatic personality, a man whose ambition, idealism and opportunism would not seem out of place on the political scene today."--"Publishers Weekly "on" Disraeli" "Hibbert's lively and engaging portrait of Benjamin Disraeli joins the author's numerous other well-received, popular biographies...A supremely readable and enjoyable study of a colorful, often astonishing and modern character."--"Library Journal "on" Disraeli"

Descriere

With his signature insight and compelling style, Christopher Hibbert explains the extraordinary complexities and contradictions that characterized Benito Mussolini. Hibbert traces his unstoppable rise to power, examines his legacy and reveals why he continues to be both revered and reviled by the Italian people.