2L Italy and Fascism, c1900 1945

Summary notes exploring Mussolini's journey from PM to dictator. Features the methods he used to increase his power and the troubles he faced by doing so...

Summary notes on Mussolini and the Fascist Political System. Explores the different aspects of Mussolini's political system and bodies...

Summary notes on Mussolini and the Economy 1922-40. Explores the successes and failures of Mussolini's economic policies.

Summary notes on Life in Fascist Italy 1922-40. Explores Mussolini's policies towards women, the youth and the Catholic Church helping one to come to a conclusion on whether or not Mussolini created the Fascist society he desired.

Summary of the key content relating to Mussolini and Foreign Policy 1922-40. Includes key facts and statistics as well as historian opinions (quoted where relevant).

Summary notes condensing the content relating to The Rise of Fascism 1915-1922. Looks at the impact of World War One on Italy and how Mussolini manipulated this to seize the initiative and orchestrate the March on Rome in 1922.

Summary of the weaknesses of Liberal Italy 1870-1915. Includes detail on: lack of Italian identity, hostility of the Catholic Church, economic weakness, weaknesses of the Liberal political system, socialist, nationalist and Catholic criticisms of Liberal Italy etc...

Clear, detailed essay assessing the validity of the view that "the primary concern behind Mussolini's economic policy was public relations and consolidation with the elites". Demonstrates efficient structuring. Great revision tool of content associated with Mussolini's economy.

Essay is clear and easy to follow. Demonstrates a good structure and how to analyse the content and provenance of a source (supported by own contextual knowledge) in order to make a judgement on whether the source is of value to an historian studying the subject in question (life for women in Fascist Italy).