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Italo Balbo
Claudio G. Segre
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Description for Italo Balbo
Paperback. Pioneering aviator, blackshirt leader, colonial governor, confidante and heir-apparent to Benito Mussolini, the dashing and charismatic Italo Balbo exemplified the ideals of Fascist Italy during the 1920s and 30s. Num Pages: 482 pages, Illustrations, maps,ports. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
Pioneering aviator, blackshirt leader, colonial governor, confidante and heir-apparent to Benito Mussolini, the dashing and charismatic Italo Balbo exemplified the ideals of Fascist Italy during the 1920s and 30s. He earned national notoriety after World War I as a ruthless squadrista whose blackshirt forces crushed socialist and trade union organizations. As Minister of Aviation from 1926 to 1933, he led two internationally heralded mass trans-Atlantic flights. When his aerial armada reached the U. S., Chicago honored him with a Balbo Avenue, New York staged a ticker-tape parade, and President Roosevelt invited him to lunch. As colonial governor from 1933 to ... Read more
Pioneering aviator, blackshirt leader, colonial governor, confidante and heir-apparent to Benito Mussolini, the dashing and charismatic Italo Balbo exemplified the ideals of Fascist Italy during the 1920s and 30s. He earned national notoriety after World War I as a ruthless squadrista whose blackshirt forces crushed socialist and trade union organizations. As Minister of Aviation from 1926 to 1933, he led two internationally heralded mass trans-Atlantic flights. When his aerial armada reached the U. S., Chicago honored him with a Balbo Avenue, New York staged a ticker-tape parade, and President Roosevelt invited him to lunch. As colonial governor from 1933 to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
482
Condition
New
Number of Pages
482
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520071995
SKU
V9780520071995
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Ref
99-1
About Claudio G. Segre
Claudio Segre is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas and author of Fourth Shore: The Italian Colonization of Libya.
Reviews for Italo Balbo
"The subject of this interesting biography was seemingly the archetype of the Fascist 'new man,' a violent Blackshirt instrumental in establishing Fascism in Italy and, as an aviation pioneer, recognized internationally as a genuine hero. Balbo was however opposed to such trends as racism and totalitarianism and, in effect, Fascism came to mean little more to him than patriotism and ... Read more