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Compare Mussolini's Rise To Power And Totalitarian State In Italy

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In this essay, I will compare Mussolini's rise to power and totalitarian state in Italy to that of Hitler's rise to power and totalitarian state in Germany. Both became dictators through fascism in their own countries. Fascism is a militant political movement that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader. Fascism's rise in Italy was fueled by bitter disappointment over the failure to win large territorial gains at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. To numerous Italians, their democratic government seemed unfit to deal with the country's societal problems. Furthermore, economic chaos contributed to this widespread social unrest. In this time, Benito Mussolini boldly promised to rescue Italy by reviving its economy and rebuilding
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