The Brutal Friendship: Mussolini, Hitler, and the Fall of Italian Fascism, Volume 2In detail, the decline and fall of the Fascist regime in Italy is chronicled leading to the dramatic downfall of Mussolini himself in July, 1943. The narrative then traces Mussolini's return to power as head of the puppet satellite Nazi republic in the North after his abduction from internment by SS paratroopers in September, and then follows the dictator's fate through the final six hundred days of the final disintegration of Fascism. |
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PART ONE THE CRISIS OF THE SYSTEM | 1 |
Book I | 3 |
THE FOURTH PUNIC WAR | 5 |
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