An accessible biography for A level History students that concentrates on the issues that come up time and time again in the AS and A2 exams. / Why historians differ - an introduction to interpretations and historiography / A brief biography, including a timeline and an 'Understanding Mussolini' box / Issue 1: How did he become Italian Prime Minister? / Issue 2: Was Fascist Italy a totalitarian dictatorship? / Issue 3: Foreign policy: creating a new Roman Empire? / Mussolini: an assessment / Further reading / Index