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Once the business of taking power in Italy was completed, the Fascists began to turn inward. Mussolini starts to distance himself from the old guard Fascists, the businessmen of the country successfully defend their economic privileges in exchange for their support, and even the Catholic Church comes around. Plus I cover a grab-bag of Italy's foreign adventures in this period. 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Bosworth, RJB Mussolini's Italy Penguin Group, 2005
2. Whittam, John Fascist Italy Manchester University Press, 1995
3. Morgan, Phillip Italian Fascism 1919-1945 St. Martin's Press, 1995
4. Gooch, John Mussolini and His Generals Cambridge University Press, 2007

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