Mussolini (Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century: War Leader Book, No. 13)

160 pp. "One day" the young Mussolini assured his mother, "I shall make the whole world tremble!" To this end Il Duce strove to emulate his vastly more successful ally. His achievement was to see his country capitulate after disastrous defeats, and himself to be executed by his own countrymen.