Beschreibung
Drawing on largely unexplored sources such as government papers, personal memoirs, censored letters and confidential reports,
analyses the crisis of the Mussolini regime in the years from 1938 to 1943 through the perspective of a propaganda programme that failed to bolster Fascist myths at a time of total war.
Autorenportrait
Luigi Petrella holds a PhD in history from Newcastle University, where he is a teaching assistant. He previously worked as a journalist in Italy for twenty-five years.
Inhalt
Contents: Towards Total War: Propaganda, the Media and Public Opinion, 1938-1939 – From Non-Belligerence to the First Air Raids – Adjusting to Reality: Home Front and Air War – Cracking Italian Morale – Propaganda, the Media and Social Control – Area Bombing and the Definitive Breakup of the Home Front – The Collapse of the Regime.
