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The Culture of Dictatorship History 408 / September 25, 2012.

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1 The Culture of Dictatorship History 408 / September 25, 2012

2 The pageantry of fascism: Mussolini puts on a spectacle

3 The cult of personality: Mussolini portrayed as a universal genius - here: as a pilot at an airshow, July 1932

4 Public-works projects: Mussolini (allegedly) makes the trains run on time

5 Modern art in Italian fascism (here: An exhibition catalog commemorating ten years since the “March on Rome,” 1932)

6 The PNF headquarters, Como (built in the 1920s)

7 The Colosseo Quadrato, Rome (2 nd half of 1930s)

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9 The Palace of Congresses, Rome (1942)

10 Opera Nationale Dopolavoro (“National Recreational Club”)

11 Dopolavoro team at FIAT

12 Celebrating traditional family values - Mussolini signs Concordat with the Catholic church, 1929

13 Youth programs: Hooray for Fascist Camp!

14 Youth programs: instilling a martial spirit

15 Youth programs: get ’em young… Here: cover of a school notebook

16 Italian propagandists set their sights on Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

17 The combatants

18 Emperor Haile Selassie appeals to the League of Nations


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