Episode 9 - Hitting the Big Time

After the March on Rome, Mussolini found himself in charge as Prime Minister, but the Fascists were still a minority party. But now that any viable opposition had demonstrated that they were unwilling to resist him in any meaningful way, he began the work of breaking apart Liberal Italy and bending the political system to his will.    Bibliography for this episode:  Bosworth, RJB Mussolini's Italy Penguin Group, 2005 Whittam, John Fascist Italy Manchester University Press, 1995 Morgan, Phillip Italian Fascism 1919-1945 St. Martin's Press, 1995   Questions? Comments? Email me at [email protected]