The perfect fascist: a story of love, power, and morality in Mussolini's Italy

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- Part I: STRIVE -- 1. The Soldier -- 2. The Great War -- 3. Mutilated Victory -- 4. Enter the Diva -- 5. In Mussolini's Camp -- 6. On the March -- 7. Little Man, What Now? -- Part II: GRASP -- 8. Eros and Thanatos -- 9. Conquering the Ice Princess -- 10. A Fascist Wedding -- 11. Mission to Benghazi -- 12. Insurgency and Betrayal -- 13. A Matter of Honor -- Part III: OVERREACH -- 14. To Kill a Marriage -- 15. Commanding the Blackshirts -- 16. In the Grip of the Inquisition -- 17. In War, Fullness -- 18. In Love, Tribulations -- 19. In Empire, Hollow Glory -- Part IV: FALL -- 20. The Rout -- 21. Comeuppance -- 22. Last Man Standing -- 23. A Bearded Corpse -- 24. I Suffer and I Wait -- 25. Penance -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations for Notes -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.