... read widely and with in a year was preaching the need for violent revolution.1' it is here that we first see a political drive to initiate change. Mussolini returned from Switzerland in 1904 as his ideas to strike were very radical idea at the time. By 1909 he was back in Italy with a determination to bring change to Italy's political structure. Mussolini's ideology can be seen as his driving force behind his political power. His father Alessandro was a socialist and a republican however had very strong nationalist views of Italy being governed by an Italian and not someone from the monarchy. Mussolini was still considered a socialist, but his view changed towards world war one. Mussolini was expelled from the party as he felt the war would lead to revolution. During his time as a socialist, Mussolini was able to extend his views through the newspaper which he became ...

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