Topic:Mussolini and Fascist Italy

" Mussolini successfully established a totalitarian dictatorship in Italy." Q: How far do you agree with this statement about Italian politics in 1924-39? My answer: In the twentieth century, both Communist and Fascist states had been defined as being 'Totalitarian'. During the 1930's this was usually to distinguish the parties clearly from democracies, like Britain and France, and then once the Second World War had ended, to distinguish the Soviet Union from western democracies. Many historians …

…to believe that Mussolini failed in some areas to be as successful as he had hoped to have been, as mentioned earlier, Mussolini's totalitarian dictatorship was fairly successful, but in comparison to other European countries, Italy did not seem as successful in carrying this out, but overall the conclusion as to whether Mussolini successfully established a totalitarian dictatorship in Italy, is that he had succeeded to some extent in establishing a totalitarian dictatorship in Italy.