History 2145A/B Lecture Notes - Vatican City, Blackshirts, Revolutionary Socialism
19 Apr 2012
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Prefects local government official, appointed by the central government in place in italy. Part of the government didn"t move against the fascists because they agreed with the fascists over the socialists. Some were afraid of whether or not they could handle the fight. Judges (legal system) went easy on the fascists as opposed to the socialists because they were: intimidated or 2) sympathetic to their cause. Army in italy is the royal army regio escercito could have tried to put down the fascist movement. Fascists make it sound like a revolution (we have ceased power) but in reality, accounts tell of normalcy (business as usual) Idea that things would get better - dictatorship in italy doesn"t exist until 1925. Fascist italy is like a broken compass not being different from other parties (swinging back and forth between being the same as before and being radical) ex.
