Mussolini and the Salò Republic, 1943-1945 The Failure of a Puppet Regime /

• Main Author: Burgwyn, H. James (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Italian and Italian American Studies
• Subjects: Italy-History.; World War, 1939-1945.; Military history.; World politics.; History of Italy.; History of World War II and the Holocaust.; History of Military.; Political History.

This book is a long overdue in-depth study of the Italian Social Republic. Set up in 1943 by Hitler in the town of Salò on Lake Garda and ruled by Mussolini, this makeshift government was a last-ditch effort to ensure the survival of Fascism, ending with the murder of Mussolini by partisans in 1945...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Historical Background the Italian Social Republic
• 2. Birth of the Regime
• 3. A Convoluted Fascist Revival
• 4. The German "Occupying Ally"
• 5. RSI Armed Forces
• 6. Fascist-Style Law and Order
• 7. Socialization Projects
• 8. Persecution of the Jews
• 9. The RSI and the Italian Catholic World
• 10. Black Brigades
• 11. Italian Diplomacy Adapts to Fascist Radicalism
• 12. In the Grip of the Third Reich
• 13. On the Line of Fire
• 14. Ringed by Enemies
• 15. Muddling through Lawlessness
• 16. Mussolini Woos the Intellectuals
• 17. Frenzied Endgame
• 18. The RSI: Body and Soul
• 19. Legacy of the RSI
• 20. Historical Controversies.