History A-Level
Ruling elites
What Ruling elites means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Politicians such as Salandra and Giolitti who fatally compromised, believing they could tame Mussolini and use his Blackshirts to crush socialism.
Topics that use Ruling elites
- 2L Italy and Fascism, c1900–1945 – Mussolini and the establishment of Fascist Italy, 1922–1926 (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Authoritarianism
- Cult of Il Duce
- Factions
- Fascist revolution
- King Victor Emmanuel III
- March on Rome
- Political compromise
- Propaganda
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