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REBOOTING — Lessons from Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s ‘Strongmen’ — ‘Losing Sleep and Plagued By An Ulcer’

Road trippin’ with the audio book of Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s ‘Strongmen’

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Heidi Siegmund Cuda
Oct 20, 2023
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***Rebooting my report on ‘Strongmen’ three years after its publication — the lessons are profound.—originally published September 8, 2023.***

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‘What Times Those Were’

Benito Mussolini was ‘losing sleep and plagued by an ulcer’ — the murder of the Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti had de-popularized the Italian strongman, known as Il Duce.

As Ruth Ben-Ghia…

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