By Manuela Williams

This is the 1st significant examine in English of Fascist Italy’s in a foreign country propaganda. utilizing infrequent Italian and French captured records, this can be additionally the 1st research into the connection among Mussolini’s regime and Arab nationalist movements

This new account covers propaganda and subversive actions engineered by way of the Italian govt within the Mediterranean and the center East from 1935 until eventually 1940, whilst Italy entered the battle. It assesses the character of the problem introduced by way of the Fascist regime to British safety and colonial pursuits within the area.

Fascist propaganda, particularly within the Arab center East, needs to be considered as an expression of Mussolini’s international coverage and his makes an attempt to construct an Italian empire that may stretch past the Mediterranean, gaining keep an eye on over the exits, Gibraltar and Suez, that have been within the arms of the British and the French.

The actions of person brokers and businesses are conscientiously reconstructed and analyzed to spotlight the doubtless contradictory ambitions of the Italian executive: at the one hand, Rome used to be relationship the Arab nationalist hobbies in Egypt and Palestine, that have been looking the help of exterior forces in a position to supplying political, monetary and armed forces backing had to overthrow overseas rulers; at the different, the regime used to be selling extra territorial enlargement in Africa. those points construct into a superb photo of this interesting interval of recent history.

This publication should be of significant curiosity to all scholars and students of politics, media, Italian background and propaganda.

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In the 1930s more than half Italy’s oil and a fifth of its imported iron and cotton came from the Middle East. Textile exports to Egypt were highly remunerative, while maritime and air services from and to the Middle East had become a considerable source of income: ‘revenues from sea transport, from investments in banking and insurance were indispensable in helping Italy close the gap between her imports and exports. 8 The Fascist ‘modern state’ was destined, in Mussolini’s view, to achieve a position of prestige among the great powers.

Economic, strategic and colonial considerations prevented the head of the Spanish government, Primo de Rivera, from entering a coalition that would inevitably be turned against France. Mussolini had to wait until 1928 before obtaining an Italian share in the administration of Tangier. 12 When Italy turned eastward, it had to face several unresolved issues: first of all, the question of the Dodecanese, ethnically Greek but part of the Ottoman empire and occupied by Italy during the Turco-Italian war of 1912.

French obstinacy prompted Mussolini to seek support from Spain. However, although a Spanish–Italian commercial agreement was signed in November 1923 and the visit of King Alfonso to Rome seemed to prelude an Italo-Spanish pact, the Spaniards were not ready to upset France. Economic, strategic and colonial considerations prevented the head of the Spanish government, Primo de Rivera, from entering a coalition that would inevitably be turned against France. Mussolini had to wait until 1928 before obtaining an Italian share in the administration of Tangier.

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