HIS242H1 Lecture Notes - Haile Selassie, Spanish Civil War, Extortion
Document Summary
A new theme introduced how an individual can create a difference. Mussolini prior to the war, for 10 years before hitler came to power was the most powerful leader. He played a direct role in financing fascist countries. Mussolini"s italy along with germany influenced the spanish civil war. He had a way with words, an orator. He could create an image of his own power and could make this a reality. This virility was an influence of his power. His father was a blacksmith, and his mother was middle class. His father was a radical socialist and his mother was a catholic school teacher. He was a bookworm, his favourite writer was friedrich nietsche. He tried being a school teacher, but it didn"t work out, because he would sleep with the mothers of the students, disruption in the class, made anti-catholic slurs.
