My Autobiography With "The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism"

by Mussolini, Benito

• ISBN13: 9780486447773
• ISBN10: 0486447774
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-23
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Urged by American Ambassador to Rome Richard Washburn Child to write his autobiography, Benito Mussolini hesitated only slightly before he dictated thoughts on his private and public life. This volume reprints the Italian dictator's extraordinary comments, capturing the spirit and personality of Il Duce as no other book does.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Richard Washburn Child	vii
I. A Sulphurous Land	1	(7)
II. My Father	8	(9)
III. The Book of Life	17	(6)
IV. War and Its Effect Upon a Man	23	(23)
V. Ashes and Embers	46	(22)
VI. The Death Struggle of a Worn-Out Democracy	68	(23)
VII. The Garden of Fascism	91	(18)
VIII. Toward Conquest of Power	109	(18)
IX. Thus We Took Rome	127	(21)
X. Five Years of Government	148	(31)
XI. New Paths	179	(21)
XII. The Fascist State and the Future	200	(24)
XIII. En Route	224	(3)
Appendix: The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism	227	(14)
Index	241