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The Fascist regime in Italy has been widely criticised as being low on definite principles and instead concerned with behaviour and attitudes of mind. Historians like Tannenbaum have described the system as 'in some ways the reign of journalists'.1 At the head of these propagandists was Benito Mussolini, an already accomplished journalist, newspaper editor and now the leader of Fascist Italy. The 'Duce' as he liked to be known, pragmatically changed his policies to suit his convenience and was a master of disguising his lack of specific aims from the people. In Mussolini's own words 'you can get away with 97 cents of mere public clamour and only three cents of solid achievement'.2 This certainly reflected his attitude towards the policies of his party with an intense pro-Fascist propaganda campaign taking priority over any real issues. The Fascist regime triumphantly promised a brighter future to a post-war Italy, who...

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