Les limites de la culture de guerre dans l’Italie fasciste durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale

War was a historical factor fully appropriated by Italian fascism. It was seen as the ultimate ordeal through which the «new man», imagined by the regime, had to go through in order to secure a glorious future for the fascist revolution. The outbreak of the war, in 1940, was therefore the moment of...

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Main Author: Philippe Foro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: TELEMME - UMR 6570 2011-05-01
Series:Amnis
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/amnis/1395
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Summary:War was a historical factor fully appropriated by Italian fascism. It was seen as the ultimate ordeal through which the «new man», imagined by the regime, had to go through in order to secure a glorious future for the fascist revolution. The outbreak of the war, in 1940, was therefore the moment of truth for the war culture advocated by the fascist power. And yet the setbacks and the Italian society’s gradual distancing from the regime showed the limits of the official views on war culture and, eventually, the political inability of fascism to create a « new man » who could face the challenge of the conflict.
ISSN:1764-7193