Cover The Fascist Monarchy

Buy:

book € 25,00
series "Biblioteca storica"
pp. 276, Rilegato, 978-88-15-13894-1
publication year 2010

PAOLO COLOMBO

The Fascist Monarchy

1922 - 1940

After so many decades of research, one would think that the twenty-year Fascist era in Italy no longer held any secrets. And yet, paradoxically, one of the key features of the regime - that is, the cohabitation of the monarchy and the fascist government, the relationship between the King and the Duce - has never been adequately explored by historians. Fascism was a peculiar dictatorship, which counted on the "hospitality", so to speak, of the pre-existing monarchy. It was a diarchy, a two-headed system led by Vittorio Emanuele III, the sovereign, and Mussolini, the head of government. This book astutely describes how the "Fascist monarchy" came to be, recounting the skirmishes and the agreements that accompanied its existence, at both the political-institutional level and in terms of symbols: pageantry, priorities, public appearances. Their co-existence was a subtle balancing act, in which it is hard to say whether Fascism took advantage of the monarchy or it was the other way around.

Paolo Colombo teaches History of Contemporary Constitutional Systems in the Political Science Faculty at the Catholic University in Milan.

See also

copertina Cuori e motori
copertina L'Italia del Giro d'Italia
copertina Lo Stato-partito del fascismo
copertina Qualcosa di sinistra