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The Matteotti Murder and Mussolini

The Anatomy of a Fascist Crime

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Authors:
  1. Mauro Canali

    1. Rome, Italy

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  • Provides a history of the murder of Giacomo Matteotti
  • Represents a fundamental milestone to understand the birth of the Fascist regime for an English audience
  • Shows the connection between the murder and Mussolini’s dirty business linked to the American Sinclair Oil Company

Part of the book series: Italian and Italian American Studies (IIAS)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Anatomy of a Political Crime

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. New Interpretation of a State Crime

      • Mauro Canali
      Pages 3-11

    3. June 1924

      • Mauro Canali
      Pages 13-36

    4. Dumini’s Lies

      • Mauro Canali
      Pages 37-42

    5. Giacomo Matteotti

      • Mauro Canali
      Pages 43-63

  3. Mussolini’s Responsibilities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. The Fascist Ceka

      • Mauro Canali
      Pages 67-99

    3. The Fascist Regime on the Ropes

      • Mauro Canali
      Pages 101-125

  4. The Business Motive for the Murder

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. The Cold War for the Italian Oil Market

      • Mauro Canali
      Pages 129-149

    3. The Business Motive

      • Mauro Canali
      Pages 151-163

  5. Mussolini’s Defenders

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Mussolini’s Great Defender: Carlo Silvestri

      • Mauro Canali
      Pages 167-187

  6. After

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. During the Fascist Ventennio

      • Mauro Canali
      Pages 191-214

    3. Funding for the Matteotti Family

      • Mauro Canali
      Pages 215-230

    4. The Second Matteotti Trial

      • Mauro Canali
      Pages 231-235

    5. Concluding Thoughts

      • Mauro Canali
      Pages 237-244

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 245-256
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About this book

This much-awarded work by one of Italy’s most esteemed historians of fascism, Mauro Canali, is now available in English translation. Based on a wealth of previously unavailable judicial and archival material, it sheds light on how fascism exercised power through violence and corruption from the very beginning. The book reveals the motives that led Mussolini to order the kidnapping and murder of Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in 1924, a turning point in Mussolini’s grasp of total power in Italy. Canali further explores the corrupt dealings between the Mussolini family and the American Sinclair Oil Company that Matteotti had intended to denounce in the Italian parliament the day after his death.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Rome, Italy

    Mauro Canali

About the author

Mauro Canali is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Camerino, Italy.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Matteotti Murder and Mussolini

  • Book Subtitle: The Anatomy of a Fascist Crime

  • Authors: Mauro Canali

  • Translated by: Ann T. Pichey

  • Series Title: Italian and Italian American Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41471-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-41470-1Published: 29 February 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-41473-2Due: 31 March 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-41471-8Published: 28 February 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2635-2931

  • Series E-ISSN: 2635-294X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 256

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Modern History, History of Italy, Social History, Cultural History

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