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Italo Balbo: A Fascist Life
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Pioneering aviator, blackshirt leader, colonial governor, confidante and heir-apparent to Benito Mussolini, the dashing and charismatic Italo Balbo exemplified the ideals of Fascist Italy during the 1920s and 30s. He earned national notoriety after World War I as a ruthless squadrista whose blackshirt forces crushed socialist and trade union organizations. As Minister of Aviation from 1926 to 1933, he led two internationally heralded mass trans-Atlantic flights. When his aerial armada reached the U. S., Chicago honored him with a Balbo Avenue, New York staged a ticker-tape parade, and President Roosevelt invited him to lunch. As colonial governor from 1933 to 1940, Balbo transformed Libya from backward colony to model Italian province. To many, Italo Balbo seemed to embody a noble vision of Fascism and the New Italy.

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title	:	Italo Balbo : A Fascist Life
author	:	Segr, Claudio G.
publisher	:	University of California Press
isbn10 \| asin	:	0520071999
print isbn13	:	9780520071995
ebook isbn13	:	9780585218199
language	:	English
subject	Balbo, Italo,--1896-1940, Fascism--Italy--History--20th century, Italy--Politics and government--1914-1945, Fascists--Italy--Biography, Cabinet officers--Italy--Biography, Air pilots--Italy--Biography.
publication date	:	1987
lcc	:	DG575.B3S44 1987eb
ddc	:	945.091/092/4
subject	:	Balbo, Italo,--1896-1940, Fascism--Italy--History--20th century, Italy--Politics and government--1914-1945, Fascists--Italy--Biography, Cabinet officers--Italy--Biography, Air pilots--Italy--Biography.

Page iii

Italo Balbo

A Fascist Life

Claudio G. Segr

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
BERKELEY LOS ANGELES LONDON

Page iv

University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California

University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England

1987 by
The Regents of the University of California

First Paperback Printing 1990

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Segr, Claudio G.
Italo Balbo: a Fascist life.

Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Balbo, Italo, 1896-1940. 2. FascismItalyHistory
20th century. 3. ItalyPolitics and government
1914-1945. 4. FascistsItalyBiography. 5. Cabinet
officersItalyBiography. 6. Air pilotsItalyBiography.
I. Title.
DG575. B3S44 1987 945.091'092'4 [B] 86-16108
ISBN 0-520-07199-9 (alk. paper)

Printed in the United States of America

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Page v

For Zaza and the kids, Gino, Francesca, Yuli

Page vii

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part One: The Blackshirt (1896-1926)

1. Journalist: The Young Mazzinian

2. Soldier: Hero of the Alpini

3. Squadrista: Campaigns 1921

4. Squadrista: Campaigns 1922

5. Quadrumvir: The March on Rome

6. Ras of Ferrara: The Intransigent

114

Part Two: The Aviator (1926-1934)

143

7. Undersecretary: Douhet's "Disciple"

145

8. Minister: Father of the Aeronautica

174

9. Aviator: The Mediterranean Cruises

191

10. Aviator: The First Atlantic Cruise

215

11. Aviator: The Second Atlantic Cruise

230

12. Air Marshal: The Road to Exile

266

Page viii

Part Three: The Colonizer (1934-1940)

289

13. Governor General of Libya: Builder and Colonizer

291

14. Governor General of Libya: Creator of the Fourth Shore

311

15. Frondeur: The Germanophobe

334

16. Fascist: The Model Fascist's Fascism

363

17. Soldier: North African Commander

375

18. Soldier: Death of a Hero

392

Abbreviations

408

Notes

409

Bibliographical Note

450

Index

455

Page ix

ILLUSTRATIONS

Maps

1. Aerial cruise to the Western Mediterranean

196

2. Aerial cruise to the Eastern Mediterranean

205

3. First Atlantic cruise, Italy-Brazil

221

4. Second Atlantic cruise, Italy-United States

232

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1. Balbo and his mother

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