Mussolini as Revealed in His Political Speeches (November 1914 - August 1923): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Mussolini as Revealed in His Political Speeches (November 1914 - August 1923), credited to Benito Mussolini, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Mussolini as Revealed in His Political Speeches (November 1914 - August 1923) by Benito Mussolini. (Translated by Bernardo Quaranta di San Severino.) Read in English by volunteer readers. Benito Mussolini was an Italian journalist and politician, the leader of the National Fascist Party. He grew up as a violent bully, and the characteristics developed in childhood aided his upward career and later rule in Italy. He was also an excellent orator, and this was one of the qualities that helped him rise to power. This project contains over 60 of his earlier speeches, covering the years 1914-1923: from soon after his expulsion from the Socialist Party for supporting WWI, to his becoming Prime Minister yet still submitting outwardly to democratic rule. (He seized power, threw off the democratic yoke, and became dictator in 1925-1927.) - Summary by TriciaG

Recording facts

• Recording title: Mussolini as Revealed in His Political Speeches (November 1914 - August 1923)
• Author credits: Benito Mussolini
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 70
• Listed recording duration: 12:35:37

Catalogue topics

• collection
• socialism
• speeches
• Oratory
• Fascism
• fascismo

Opening tracks: first 24 of 70

1. 00 - Introduction. A Note on Italian Fascismo. Manifesto — 27:52
2. 01 - Part I: Mussolini the ''Socialist''. 25th November 1914 — 9:27
3. 02 - Part II: Mussolini the ''Man of the War''. 13th December 1914 ''For the Liberty of Humanity and the Future of Italy'' — 22:15
4. 03 - 25th January 1915 ''Either War or the End of Italy's Name as a Great Power'' — 17:25
5. 04 - 1st December 1917 ''To the Complete Vanquishing of the Huns'' — 8:48
6. 05 - 24th February 1918 ''No Turning Back!'' — 20:38
7. 06 - 24th May 1918 ''The Fatal Victory'' — 24:59
8. 07 - 8th April 1918 ''In Honour of the American People'' — 4:58
9. 08 - 20th October 1918 ''The League of Nations'' — 10:34
10. 09 - 11th November 1918 ''In Celebration of Victory'' — 6:27
11. 10 - Part III: Mussolini the ''Fascista Friend of the People'' 20th March 1919 ''Workmen's Rights After the War'' — 7:30
12. 11 - 5th February 1920 ''Sacrifice, Work, and Production'' — 7:57
13. 12 - 24th May 1920 ''We Are Not Against Labour, but Against the Socialist Party, in as far as it Remains Anti-Italian'' — 8:29
14. 13 - 4th April 1921 ''Fascismo's Interests for the Working Classes'' — 9:36
15. 14 - 6th December 1922 ''My Father Was a Blacksmith, and I Have Worked with Him; He Bent Iron, but I have the Harder Task of Bending Souls'' — 6:22
16. 15 - 6th January 1923 ''Labour to Take the First Place in New Italy'' — 4:06
17. 16 - Part IV: Mussolini the ''Fascista'' 23rd March 1919 - The Three Declarations at the First Fascista Meeting — 11:44
18. 17 - 22nd July 1919 Outline of the Aims and Programme of Fascismo — 21:14
19. 18 - 9th October 1919 Fascismo and the Rights of Victory — 11:13
20. 19 - 20th September 1920 ''The Tasks of Fascismo'' — 28:54
21. 20 - 6th February 1921 ''Fascismo and the Problems of Foreign Policy'' — 27:52
22. 21 - 3rd April 1921 ''How Fascismo was Created'' — 19:21
23. 22 - 20th September 1922 The Italy We Want Within, and Her Foreign Relations — 28:24
24. 23 - 25th September 1922 ''The Piave and Vittorio Veneto Mark the Beginning of New Italy'' — 5:42

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