written by William David Moffat, was delivered in order to explain that other’s perceived that Mussolini was a “strong and independent leader and as the man who had unified an unstable Italian peninsula” (Stone 63). In this document, Moffat considers the fact that Italy will not prosper should Mussolini die. Moffat was writing to Mussolini’s international reception. Moffat shows truth when explaining that the detrimental state of Italy did not just stop when Cavour died. He analyzes that Italy is all one nation and in order to rise up they must “revivify the spirit of it sufficiently to avoid internal strife” (Stone 64). I believe this document is more truthful then compelling to propaganda because Moffat emphasizes the fact that it takes multiple methods in order to maintain a stable state. Moffat examines that others believe that Mussolini was “showy and theatrical… But if the dash of the dramatic can help a national situation why not indulge in it?” (Stone 64). Moffat wrote in order to educate the audience of what help their country needs when it came ‘to economic, psychological and social needs and characteristics of the people of all parts of Italy, there may be no problem left when he dies,” (Stone 64) even if it meant having a flamboyant and manipulative leader in the mean time. Mussolini held authority and the upper hand over the King and Pope. He considered himself the epitome of manliness. He refused …show more content…
During his rule, Mussolini was the force that rendered all other past statues and activist groups. He ordered complete faithfulness to him by his followers and frustrated some because there was so much power in one person’s hands. Mussolini was similar to Hitler in many ways and considered his regime to be of the upmost excellence. He insisted on developing a powerful state through force and ways of delivering intended propaganda in order to falsely and maybe unethically recruit people to empower his regime. Through group-think methods of fascism, convincing the people to be the kind of people he needed them to be and that every person was actually a part of the "revolution" of a new Italy, Mussolini pretty much tricked some people into favoring his