Table of Contents

Acknowledgement - PART 1 THE CONQUEST OF POWER, 1919-1929 - The Postwar Crisis and the Rise of Fascism, 1919-1922 - Between 'Normalization' and 'Revolution', 1922-1925 - The Construction of the 'Totalitarian' State, 1925-1929 - PART 2 THE FASCIST REGIME, 1929-1936 - The Years of the Great Depression, 1929-1934 - The Creation of the Fascist Empire, 1935-1936 - PART 3 FASCIST EXPANSIONISM AT HOME AND ABROAD, 1936-1943 - The Axis Connection and the 'Fascistization of Italian Society, 1936-1940 - Fascist Italy at War, 1940-1943 - Epilogue: The Italian Social Republic, 1943-1945 - Footnotes - Map - Select Bibliography