Flagship Historymakers – Mussolini (Flagship Historymakers S.)

An exam-focused study of the three main issues about Mussolini, designed specifically for today’s AS and A Level students.

This title covers:

· Why historians differ – an introduction to interpretations and historiography

· A brief biography, including a timeline and an ‘Understanding Mussolini’ box

· Issue 1: How did he become Italian Prime Minister?

· Issue 2: Was Fascist Italy a totalitarian dictatorship?

· Issue 3: Foreign policy: creating a new Roman Empire?

· Mussolini: an assessment

· Further reading

Derrick Murphy is former Deputy Principal and worked for QCA accrediting the new specifications for 2008.

He is a former Chair of the NEAB History Committee and GCE A Level Chief Examiner and currently a councillor for the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
He has written on over forty titles for Collins.