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7: Rise of Mussolini Pt. 1 - Fascism

History of the Second World War

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The Five Stages of Fascism

Robert Paxton would describe this process in his five stages of fascism, on how a fascist movement is created and then eventually takes control. Early Italian fascism contained ideas of radical social change but once Mussolini sought to take the final steps into power, these were all cast aside. In each case, the ideological position came in a distant second in importance to gaining power.

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