Fascist Italy: Advancing History Core Texts:

Summary:
SHP Advanced History Core Texts are the Schools History Project`s acclaimed new books for A level History. These books apply SHP`s two decades of curriculum development experience to the challenge of helping students make the leap from GCSE to A level.

They offer:
- clear and penetrating narrative - comprehensively explaining the content required for examination success
- thought provoking and relevant activities that explore the content and help students think analytically about the subject
- thorough exam preparation through carefully designed tasks that address the distinctive requirements of A Level history
- a wide range of revision strategies including structured content summaries

Additional features include:
- A focus route pathway for independent learners
- Learning Trouble Spots - which address common misunderstandings
- diagrammatic summaries of key areas of content and historical issues
- accessible summaries of recent historical debates.

Fascist Italy is a comprehensive core text covering the rise and fall of Mussolini and the Fascist Party in Italy from 1900 to 1945. It is ideal for students studying Fascist Italy in its own right or as part of a European dictatorships course or any twentieth century European history course at AS or A level or equivalent, for any exam board.

Table of Contents:
SECTION 1 Why did Mussolini come to power in 1922?
1 How secure was Liberal Italy in 1914?
2 How great a challenge did the First World War and Socialism pose to the Liberal state?
3 Why was Mussolini, the Fascist leader, appointed Prime Minister of Italy in 1922?
SECTION 2 How did Mussolini secure his regime?
4 How did Mussolini establish his dictatorship 1922-27?
5 Was Mussolini an all-powerful dictator?
6 How did Mussolini use propaganda to strengthen his regime?
7 How successful were Mussolini's economic policies?
SECTION 3 How successful was Mussolini in creating a nation of Fascists?
8 Did Fascism capture the hearts and minds of the young?
9 Did Mussolini succeed in imposing Fascist values on women?
10 Fascism and Catholicism: rivals or collaborators?
11 How effective was Mussolini's radicalisation of the regime in the late 1930s?
12 How much opposition was there in Fascist Italy?
13 The South and the Mafia: case studies in Fascist control
SECTION 4 How significant was Mussolini's foreign policy?
14 How successful was Mussolini's foreign policy 1922-39?
15 Why did Mussolini's regime lose the war and collapse?
SECTION 5 An overview
16 Interpretations of Fascist Italy

About the Author(s):
John Hite is Head of History and Politics at Haywards Heath College, West Sussex. Chris Hinton is Assistant Principal (Curriculum and Resources) at Beacon Community College, Crowborough, East Sussex.

Series editor Ian Dawson is a former director of the Schools History Project and an accomplished A level author