Mussolini Also Did a Lot of Good: The Spread of Historical Amnesia [Paperback]

Surgically, but with wit, Francesco Filippi demolishes each and every myth that has taken root about Mussolini and fascism in an uplifting handbook for political and intellectual self-defense. No stones are left unturned, including the colonial devastation of Libya and Ethiopia. “an antidote to all the nonsense still circulating about fascism… Filippi is almost surgical in the way he reestablishes the context.” —La ReppublicaBook of the Month
 “The author is like a reporter who takes us on an engrossing journey back in time after turning the system of clichés that have survived on its head.” —La Reppublica
 “In the existing climate, Francesco Filippi’s scalpel is of utmost importance” Le Monde, France “a perceptive and necessary book … listing all the legends about ‘good’ fascism and the ‘excellent administrator, Mussolini’.” La Stampa “Francesco Filippi’s book is very timely and relevant… a lesson on a past that simply doesn’t go away.” —Corrierre Della Sera
 “[An] engagingly relentless study … original, detailed and cleverly documented.” —Il Sole 24 Ore
 “Fascism, writes Filippi, is a chronic disease of democracy that can’t be defeated once and for all. If resistance is lowered, it returns to life and tends to spread.”
 Il Venerdi di Reppublica “a book that is a contribution to public welfare and well-being” —Courier placard France“There is a widespread myth, in Italy but not only there, that Benito Mussolini’s regime was not all bad. This myth is backed up by series of oft-repeated claims about the supposed achievements of Italian fascism, and its allegedly mild nature. Francesco Filippi’s direct and trenchant book, a best-seller in Italy, counters these myths witl3=