Italo Balbo : a Fascist life / Claudio G. Segre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Segrè, Claudio G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air pilots.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 466 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

Reprint 2019

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1990]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 1940, Balbo transformed Libya from backward colony to model Italian province. To many, Italo Balbo seemed to embody a noble vision of Fascism and the New Italy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter One. Journalist: The Young Mazzinian

Chapter Two. Soldier: Hero of the Alpini

Chapter Three. Squadrista: Campaigns 1921

Chapter Four. Squadrista: Campaigns 1922

Chapter Five. Quadrumvir: The March on Rome

Chapter Six. Ras of Ferrara: The Intransigent

Chapter Seven. Undersecretary: Douhet's "Disciple"

Chapter Eight. Minister: Father of the Aeronautica

Chapter Nine. Aviator: The Mediterranean Cruises

Chapter Ten. Aviator: The First Atlantic Cruise

Chapter Eleven. Aviator: The Second Atlantic Cruise

Chapter Twelve. Air Marshal: The Road to Exile

Chapter Thirteen. Governor General of Libya: Builder and Colonizer

Chapter Fourteen. Governor General of Libya: Creator of the Fourth Shore

Chapter Fifteen. Frondeur: The Germanophobe

Chapter Seventeen. Soldier: North African Commander

Chapter Eighteen. Soldier: Death of a Hero

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliographical Note

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 450-453.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520910690

0520910699

9780585218199

0585218196

OCLC:

1149501819