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This revision guide supports your exam preparation for IBDP History Paper 2, Topic 10: Authoritarian States, using Mussolini’s Italy (1914-1945) as a discrete example. Structured to mirror the syllabus, it uses key questions to explore the issues that are most important to historians and examiners. Coverage includes: * The path from unification to authoritarianism * `Liberal Italy’, `trasformismo’, and the `mutilated victory’ of WWI * Mussolini’s shift from Left to Right and the rise of the Fascist movement * Maintenance of power, from violent oppression to media control * The aims and results of foreign, social, and economic policies. Features include: * Sample essay questions, with guidance on potential approaches * `Key Perspectives’ boxes to highlight differing historical interpretations of core issues * Definitions of key technical and historical terms * Timelines to help visualise and contextualise important events