Mussolini
Subtitle: the last 600 days of il Duce
By: Ray Moseley
Publisher: Taylor Trade Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Dallas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: Mussolini, Benito, -- 1883-1945; Heads of state -- Italy -- Biography; Fascism -- Italy -- History; Italy -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945
Genres: Biography
Description: "In his last days, Mussolini, the tyrant, was in the grip of anger, shame, and depression. The German armed forces that had sustained his puppet government since its creation in September 1943 were being inexorably driven out of Italy, the frontiers of his Fascist republic were shrinking daily and Mussolini was aware that German military leaders were negotiating with the Allies behind his back in neutral Switzerland. Moseley's work throws light on the last twenty months of the despot's life and culminates with the dramatic capture and execution of Mussolini (and his mistress Claretta Petacci) by partisans of the Italian resistance on April 28, 1945."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 412-415) and index
Table of contents: title: The last spectator; title: After the fall; title: Birth of the Salò republic; title: The fate of the Roman Jews; title: Mussolini and Claretta; title: A most unhappy family; title: Galeazzo Ciano and Edda; title: Troubles on all fronts; title: The Partisan war develops; title: Il duce and the Jews; title: The liberation of Rome; title: A terrible summer; title: More atrocities, greater despair; title: "I have ruined Italy"; title: The secret negotiations; title: In search of a way out; title: Peace hopes in the balance; title: Looming defeat and paralysis; title: A temporary loss of nerve; title: The fall of fascism; title: Flight and capture; title: Mussolini tamed: the polite prisoner; title: "I've come to shoot them"; title: Execution of Il Duce: whodunnit?; title: Piazzale Loreto: a shameful denouement; title: The German surrender; title: Lakeside murders and the Dongo Treasure; title: The mysterious Churchill file; title: The dead sprout wings