Benito Mussolini Essay Founding Father of Fascism
Name: *
Teacher: *
ENG2D1
27/05/2012
Benito Mussolini, Founding Father of Fascism Mussolini once stated that “It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.” As you would expect words like these from the mouth of Mussolini himself had been the inspirational backing to this dictator’s rain as sole leader of Italy in the Fascist party for nearly 24 years. Before the war, Mussolini formed the Fascist Party of Italy, by gathering the roaring support of many unemployed WWI veterans, like him. He proved to be the founder of Fascism and he had united Italy as one. During the war, Mussolini became power hungry, after joining forces with Hitler and the country of Japan. Hitler had influenced Mussolini to make many poor choices which would ultimately lead to the deaths of the both of them and the slaughtering of Fascism itself. After Mussolini’s fall from power, which occurred in the midst of WWII, Italy was thrown into chaos as the remaining Fascists fought against the partisans and the Italian army was left with no orders as to what they must do. As one may expect, this was just a temporary setback, and Italy once again formed its democracy. This essay will look at Benito Mussolini’s effect on Fascism and Italy before and during the war and after his fall from power.
After WWI, Mussolini developed distaste for Socialism and had declared it to be a failure, he called for a new system to be formed, one that would revive the nation of Italy to its former Roman glory. Mussolini utilized a number of books and ideals to form the Fascist system. When discussing the Ideology behind Fascism, Mussolini affirmed that “Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in
Teacher: *
ENG2D1
27/05/2012
Benito Mussolini, Founding Father of Fascism Mussolini once stated that “It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.” As you would expect words like these from the mouth of Mussolini himself had been the inspirational backing to this dictator’s rain as sole leader of Italy in the Fascist party for nearly 24 years. Before the war, Mussolini formed the Fascist Party of Italy, by gathering the roaring support of many unemployed WWI veterans, like him. He proved to be the founder of Fascism and he had united Italy as one. During the war, Mussolini became power hungry, after joining forces with Hitler and the country of Japan. Hitler had influenced Mussolini to make many poor choices which would ultimately lead to the deaths of the both of them and the slaughtering of Fascism itself. After Mussolini’s fall from power, which occurred in the midst of WWII, Italy was thrown into chaos as the remaining Fascists fought against the partisans and the Italian army was left with no orders as to what they must do. As one may expect, this was just a temporary setback, and Italy once again formed its democracy. This essay will look at Benito Mussolini’s effect on Fascism and Italy before and during the war and after his fall from power.
After WWI, Mussolini developed distaste for Socialism and had declared it to be a failure, he called for a new system to be formed, one that would revive the nation of Italy to its former Roman glory. Mussolini utilized a number of books and ideals to form the Fascist system. When discussing the Ideology behind Fascism, Mussolini affirmed that “Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in
Cited: Trueman, C.. "Benito Mussolini." History learning site. historylearningsite.co.uk, 2008. Web. 31 May 2012. <http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/benito_mussolini.htm>. "Head of Government and Duce of Fascist: In Office."Wikipedia. Google, 2011. Web. 31 May 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini>. unknown, . "Historic Figures: Benito Mussolini (1883-1945)." Bbc.co.uk. BBC History, 2011. Web. 31 May 2012. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/mussolini_benito.shtml>. Mussolini, . "Benito Mussolini Quotes ." Benito mussolini quotes. N.p., 2001. Web. 31 May 2012. <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/benito_mussolini.html>. unknown, . N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2012. <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120108173156AAeu244>. . "Benito Mussolini Biography." Encyclopedia of world biography. Encyclopedia of World Biography, n.d. Web. 31 May 2012. <http://www.notablebiographies.com/Mo-Ni/Mussolini-Benito.html DiBella, Maria, and Linda Fisher. "Death of the Father Mussolini & Facist Italy." . Cornell University, 1999. Web. 31 May 2012. <http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/dof/italy/italy.htm>.