See why Benito Mussolini was considered a pioneer among 20th century dictators. From undermining judges to indoctrinating children, he forged key tactics for seizing power. He also created fascism ...

Benito Mussolini was one of the world’s major leaders at the onset of the Second World War. Becoming Italy’s prime minister in 1922, he’d sought to grow the country’s influence and power, but as ...

Although this historical photograph and several others like it are authentic, Mussolini's participation in the harvest was staged for propaganda purposes. A viral photograph claims to show the ...

ROME, Nov. 1, 1922 (UP)-Benito Mussolini, leader of the Fascistis, was only 25 when he became editor of Avanti, the official organ of the Italian Socialist Party. The war broke his belief in the ...

History’s two most famous fascists were Nazi chief Adolf Hitler in Germany and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Known as Il Duce, or “the duke,” Mussolini headed the National Fascist Party ...

” Selected Works, Moscow Edn., (1877) Vol. I. p.498. From the moment Mussolini declared himself in favor of the war, Italian Socialists smeared him for ...

As we close in on Nov. 5 and Judgment Day for American democracy, the specter of Benito Mussolini's seizure of power in Italy a century ago has been keeping me up at night. The similarities with ...

In the United States, Mussolini’s March on Rome (1922) inspired self- reflection and visions for the near future. In late October, 1922, Benito Mussolini followed a column of 30,000 “Black Shirts” ...

America has a history of flirting with would-be autocrats and populists, and in 1933 MGM made a fantasy about a fascist ...

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To support The Atlantic’s journalism, please consider subscribing today. Rhetoric has a history. The words democracy and tyranny were debated in ancient Greece; the phrase separation of powers ...