Lecture--Italian fascism

March on Rome

Giolittian liberalism (trasformismo)

Weaknesses of liberal Italy

Rise of militant socialism

Rise of militant nationalism

Italy and the war

Benito Mussolini

Caporetto (map) (retreat)

Italy as loser in the peace

Danger from the Right: d'Annunzio at Fiume

Danger from the Left: Strikes and revolutionary movements

Original fascism

Rise of agrarian fascism

Mussolini and coalition government

Three varieties of fascism

Matteotti crisis

Repression

Consolidation of power

Foreign Policy

France

Yugoslavia

Austria

Ethiopia

Spanish Civil War

Conclusion

Giovanni Giolitti, trasformismo, "Avanti!" Trentino, Fiume, syndicalism, Il Popolo d'Italia,  Caporetto, Gabriele d'Annunzio, Nitti, arditi, Fascio di Combattimento, squadristi, Pietro Gasparri,  Alberto De Stefani, Palazzo Chigi Accords, Acerbo Law, Giacomo Matteoti, podesta, Galeazzo Ciano