“The particular merit of Mack Smith's Mussolini is that it reveals his extraordinary blood-thirstiness...combined with an equally extraordinary incompetence..

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the grippi

Depicts the life of Benito Mussolini, discusses how he came to power in Italy, and describes his activities as dictator

Parallel to the meteoric rise of Adolf Hater is the astonishing career of Benito Mussolini, Italy's great Dictator. The gripping narrative told by himself of hi

A remarkable new history evoking the centrality of Italy to World War II, outlining the brief rise and triumph of the Fascists, followed by the disastrous fall