Mussolini: A Study in Power

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc, 1964. First edition (presumed; no earlier printings indicated). Hardcover. A tight, clean fine copy in a mildly edge worn jacket with a few creases. Dust jacket housed in archival mylar.. 726 pages: illustrations, portraits, maps, genealogical table; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 697-707). Contents: Book I. The road to power. Childhood 1883-1901 -- The vagabond 1901-1912 -- The editor 1912-1917 -- The party leader 1917-1922 -- The parliamentarian 1921-1922 -- The march on Rome 1922 -- -- Book II. Power. The duce -- The prime minister 1922-1924 -- The murder of Matteotti 1924 -- The dictator 1925-1929 -- The conciliation 1929 -- The halcyon years 1929-1935 -- The Abyssinian War 1935-1936 -- -- Book III. Decline. The Spanish War and German entanglement 1936-1939 -- Prelude to war 1939 -- The bitterness of neutrality 1939-1940 -- War 1940 -- The thorny path 1941 -- Defeat 1942-1943 -- -- Book IV. Fall. The palace revolution 1943 -- Imprisonment and rescue 1943 -- The Salò Republic 1944-1945 -- The end 1945. ¶ Kirkpatrick, Ivone, Sir, 1897-1964, author.

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