Mussolini's Rome : rebuilding the Eternal City
"Rome was Mussolini's obsession. He staged the symbolic March on Rome in 1922, and promised Italians that his Fascist revolution would unite the country and transform Italy into a major world power. Over the next two decades, he set about rebuilding Rome as the foremost site and symbol of the new Fascist order. Through an ambitious program of demolition and construction, he sought to make Rome a capital that embraced modernity while preserving and glorifying the city's ancient past
Print Book, English, 2005
Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2005