Italo Balbo
| Author/creator | Segre, Claudio G. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press |
| Description | 482 p. ill 22.900 x 015.500 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Summary | Annotation Pioneering aviator, blackshirt leader, colonial governor, confidante and heir-apparent to Benito Mussolini, the dashing and charismatic Italo Balbo exemplified the ideals of Fascist Italy during the 1920s and 30s. He earned national notoriety after World War I as a ruthless<i>squadrista</i>whose blackshirt forces crushed socialist and trade union organizations. As Minister of Aviation from 1926 to 1933, he led two internationally heralded mass trans-Atlantic flights. When his aerial armada reached the U. S., Chicago honored him with a Balbo Avenue, New York staged a ticker-tape parade, and President Roosevelt invited him to lunch. As colonial governor from 1933 to 1940, Balbo transformed Libya from backward colony to model Italian province. To many, Italo Balbo seemed to embody a noble vision of Fascism and the New Italy. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 86016108 |
| ISBN | 9780520071995 |
| ISBN | 0520071999 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780520071995 |
| Stock number | 00027125 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |