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How far would you agree that Mussolini’s invasion of Abyssinia was his greatest success in foreign policy in the period 1922 – 1943?
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James McMeekin How far would you agree that Mussolini's invasion of Abyssinia was his greatest success in foreign policy in the period 1922 - 1943? Mussolini made foreign policy a major part of his political strategy in the 20's and 30's. It was allowed to dominate the character and direction of the Fascist state. Mussolini's foreign policy aims included: to expand his influence over the Balkans and the Mediterranean and to use this policy as a means of securing domestic policy. One of Mussolini's great aims was to rebuild the Roman empire and this meant that the African empire was going to have to be developed. Mussolini was also a revisionist, i.e. he wanted the treaties at the end of WWI to be reversed. Abyssinia lay between the two existing Italian colonies, of Somaliland and Eritrea, it had yet to be conquered by a European country. Italy had had a history of...
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