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Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

byRuth Ben-Ghiat

Ruth Ben-Ghiat uses Strongmen to investigate mussolini to the Present through a carefully framed historical account. The narrative identifies the people, decisions, and pressures that shaped the subject, then places those developments within the connected fields of history and political science. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant. Historical context and individual experience remain equally important to the book's explanation.

Publisher

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

384

ISBN

9781324001546