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Bloomsbury presents Blood and Power by John Foot read by Daniel Philpott
Clear cool plainly written and devastating Lucy HughesHallett Times Literary Supplement
A major history of the rise and fall of Italian fascism a dark tale of violence ideals and a country at war
In the aftermath of the First World War the seeds of fascism were sown in Italy While the country reeled in shock a new movement emerged from the chaos one that preached hatred for politicians and love for the fatherland one that promised to build a New Roman Empire and make Italy a great power once again
Wearing black shirts and wielding guns knives and truncheons the proponents of fascism embraced a climate of violence and rampant masculinity Led by Benito Mussolini they would systematically destroy the organisations of the left murdering and torturing anyone who got in their way
In Blood and Power historian John Foot draws on decades of research to chart the turbulent years between 1915 and 1945 and beyond Drawing widely from accounts of people across the political spectrum fascists antifascists communists anarchists victims perpetrators and bystanders he tells the story of fascism and its legacy which still disturbingly reverberates to this day
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