In this episode, Mussolini names and renames things after himself and his fascist “revolution”, appears shirtless in news reels, and decides that Italy should reacquire and acquire land enough to make a new Italian Empire. Join us this week for part 3!

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Corner, Paul. Mussolini in Myth and Memory. Oxford University Press, 22 Sept. 2022.

Gooch, John. Mussolini’s War. Simon and Schuster, 1 Dec. 2020.

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