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3) Numero zero
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"A novel about the murky world of media politics, conspiracy, and murder."-- Provided by publisher.
1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce's death remain controversial. 1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed hack writer, is offered a fee he can't resist to ghostwrite a book. His subject: a fledgling newspaper, which happens to be financed by a powerful media magnate. As...
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The Italian dictator Mussolini aligned himself with Adolf Hitler during World War II in hopes that the German war machine would help him achieve his goal of creating a modern Roman Empire. In the process he deported thousands of Jews to Hitler's concentration camps and brutally annexed Ethiopia.
5) Il Duce
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This program is devoted to the rise of Mussolini and Italian fascism; its aim is to show the roots of fascism in Italy and the execution of its seemingly laudable goals of "order" and "discipline. It shows the genuine need for reform and stability, which led to the imposition of totalitarian enforcement of order and discipline; the dawn of the Corporate State, where there are no strikes and all decisions are made in the interest of the State; how...
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This Universal newsreel focuses on the fall of Benito Mussolini. Il Duce orates before his Black Shirt Legions and confers with his arch conspirator, Adolf Hitler. Reverses strike, and Hitler rescues him from the Allies. Currently, he returns to Milan only to be tried and killed in the same inglorious way that he had meted out punishment to his political foes. (Graphic!)
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In 1936, Mussolini was on top of the world. In 1945, he was on the business end of Partisan machine guns. By what process did the man who aspired to Roman-style supremacy finally pay the piper? This program looks at the latter period of Italian Fascism, from the height of Mussolini's reign to his fall from power and his death. Using colorized historical footage and reenactments, the film addresses Mussolini's attempts to inculcate Fascism through...
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He was the world's first Fascist dictator, a man with grandiose visions of restoring the Roman Empire. His exaltation of violence inspired Hitler. And yet, in the 1920s, world leaders were full of praise for Benito Mussolini and his anti-Communist stance. This program examines the rise of Italian Fascism - from its roots in Italy's humiliating loss in the WWI battle of Caporetto to the assassinations and brutality Mussolini used to destroy those who...
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The Fascist Party rose to prominence in Italy in the early 1920s, at the hands of its founder, Benito Mussolini. Mussolini was appointed Prime Minister in 1922 and remained in power until 1945. Fascism's primary goal was military dominance in the tradition of the ancient Roman Empire. Military drills and demonstrations took center stage at rallies. In the mid-1930s, Mussolini held a number of these gatherings, often in honor of foreign dignitaries...
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"Churchill. Hitler. Stalin. Mussolini. Roosevelt. Five of the most impactful leaders of WW2, each with their own individualistic and idiosyncratic approach to warfare. But if we want to understand their military strategy, we must first understand the strategist. In The Strategists, Professor Phillips Payson O'Brien shows how the views these five leaders forged in WW1 are crucial to understanding how they fought WW2. For example, Churchill's experiences...
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"Inspired by true events, Lia levi's prize-winning novel tells the story of a Jewish family and their community during the Fascist regime in Italy, when Benito Mussolini introduced his draconian race laws. Culminating with the tragic outbreak of World War II, Levi's novel of loss and courage recounts the history of mid-century Europe through the eyes and lives of ordinary people living in extraordinary times."--Back cover.
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Profiles the lives and political careers of five dictators in recent history including Benito Mussolini, Adolph Hitler, Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin, and Saddam Hussein. Explores how they came to power, their effect on their home countries, and the lessons that can be learned from their authoritarian roles. Includes timelines, quotes, and black-and-white photographs.