Fascismo al bivio: The Arditi del popolo and Civil War at the Advent of Fascist Power

Author

Thomas R. Discepola, CUNY City CollegeFollow

Date of Award

2024

Document Type

Thesis

Department

History

First Advisor

Clifford Rosenberg

Second Advisor

Barbara Naddeo

Keywords

Arditi del popolo, fascism, Italy, Italian political history, Pact of pacification, Argo Secondari, Biennio Rosso

Abstract

Focused on the years immediately following World War I in Italy, the dopoguerra, this thesis revisits the entire period from 1919 to 1922 with special attention given to the largest organized, armed antifascist group, the Arditi del popolo (AdP). It argues that it was the AdP, not the Italian Communist Party (PCI), that preoccupied Prime Minister Ivanoe Bonomi and led the Socialists (PSI) to work with Benito Mussolini and other members of the Fasci di combattimento (FdC), their erstwhile nemeses, in creating a pacification agreement in the summer of 1921.

Recommended Citation

Discepola, Thomas R., "Fascismo al bivio: The Arditi del popolo and Civil War at the Advent of Fascist Power" (2024). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/1227