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Week 2- Video Analysis-Tinley Park History 410

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Benito Mussolini, creator and leader of the first fascist movement in Italy, bombarded his way into power through the use of extreme violent acts and intim idation during the 1920s. Seen as a tyrant a ... nd powerful ruler, his fascist movement was supported by the idea of ‘making Italy great again’ with nationalism, loyalty, and supremacy of the Italian race as the backbone to his theory. Mussolini believed the idea that fascism was the true way to restore the many issues Italy faced at the time. His tactical use of force and violence allowed him to enforce the ideology of fascism on the Italian people for many years. This paper will analyze Benito Mussolini’s video on aspects of foreign policy, violent/ non violent social, economic and political change movements, and government authority and loss of personal liberties. Foreign Policy After reviewing the Benito Mussolini video, a clear foreign policy wasn’t known initially but it was evident that Mussolini’s ultimate goal was to make Italy powerful and as synonymous as other European countries like Britain and France. Mussolini took great efforts to expand his influence of Italian fascism through use of violence, his use of war to distract the country from his failures of the fascism movement, and basically to make Italy great, respected and feared. Fascism was built on nationalism, which he felt was necessary to start a revolution. “Fascism celebrates military might, extreme devotion to country, and superiority of the Italian people.” (Dictator’s Playbook, 2015). He wanted to prove that they were a strong nation and implementing his ideology would help restore order in Italy. [Show More]

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