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Why did Mussolini come to power in 1922?
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Why did Mussolini come to power in 1922? In 1870, the Italy was finally united under a liberal government, which would remain for fifty years. The period between 1870 and 1922 was an era that faced major problems including, poverty, a diminishing economy, a lack of national identity and perhaps most significantly of all, the First World War. The inefficiencies of the liberal governments before 1922 allowed one man and a radical political movement to seize power and make way for the first dictatorship that acted as a model for other dictators to come. The liberal governments before 1922 were not only ineffective in tackling the economic and political problems that arose but they were unpopular with the general population. A prime example is the triple alliance established with Germany and Austria-Hungary before the First World War. The aim of this alliance was to increase Italy's military power within Europe and expand...
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