{"product_id":"the-perfect-fascist-a-story-of-love-power-and-morality-in-mussolinis-italy-9780674271067","title":"The Perfect Fascist: A Story of Love, Power, and Morality in Mussolini's Italy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Reveals how ideology corrupts the truth, how untrammeled ambition destroys the soul, and how the vanity of white male supremacy distorts emotion, making even love a matter of state.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Sonia Purnell, author of \u003ci\u003eA Woman of No Importance\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The brilliance of de Grazia's book lies in the way that she has made a page-turner of Teruzzi's chaotic life, while providing a scholarly and engrossing portrait of the two decades of Fascist rule.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Caroline Moorhead, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Extraordinary...illuminates the ways in which the all-consuming nature of fascism distorted Italian society and destroyed the lives of individuals. I could not put it down.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Margaret MacMillan, author of \u003ci\u003eParis 1919\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Attilio Teruzzi, a decorated military officer, married a rising American opera star, his good fortune seemed settled. The wedding was capped with a blessing by Mussolini himself. Yet only three years later, the early convert to the Fascist cause, now commander of the Black Shirts, renounced his wife. Lilliana was Jewish, and fascist Italy would soon introduce its first race laws. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Fascist\u003c\/i\u003e pivots from the intimate story of a tempestuous courtship and inconvenient marriage to the operatic spectacle of Mussolini's rise and fall. It invites us to see in the vain, unscrupulous, fanatically loyal Attilio Teruzzi an exemplar of fascism's New Man. De Grazia's landmark history shows how the personal is always political in the fascist quest for manhood and power. In his self-serving pieties and intimate betrayals, his violence and opportunism, Teruzzi was a forefather of the illiberal politicians of today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14944640\"\u003eVictoria de Grazia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.82h x 5.67w x 1.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674271067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674271068\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS020000\"\u003eEurope | Italy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO008000\"\u003eMilitary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL042030\"\u003ePolitical Ideologies | Fascism \u0026amp; Totalitarianism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Belknap Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684505522413,"sku":"9780674271067","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_3405881b-fe3b-4eac-a8d5-08dd5cf4dbb7.jpg?v=1649754936","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-perfect-fascist-a-story-of-love-power-and-morality-in-mussolinis-italy-9780674271067","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}