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The paper relates that Benito Mussolini is credited as playing a fundamental role in the establishment of fascism as a political construct. The paper explores the development of fascism and addresses two opposing views on this theme, specifically, whether fascism was as a response to new trends and themes within the socio-political environment of Europe, or whether it was a genuine revolutionary movement that sought the total reordering and modernization of Italian life.

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"Benito Mussolini is credited as playing a fundamental role in the establishment of fascism as a political construct. The publication of his Fascio di Combattimento in March of 1919 helped to define the principles of fascist thought and communicate these to a wide audience (Cannistraro, 1972). An early article from 1926 suggests that the development of fascism..."

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