... for Italy. Throughout Mussolini's role as leader he changed the Italian state and the way the Government was run; though was this enough to achieve the ideal Fascist state Mussolini was passionate about? On the surface maybe Mussolini appeared to have his ideal state, but did he really have the true support of the people and a totalitarian state? By 1926 Mussolini had achieved his ambition of becoming the dictator of Italy. Leading up to 1926 Mussolini unified the squadristi into a national Fascist militia and created the Fascist Grand Council to bring the ras under his control, this was the beginnings of Mussolini's attempt to create a more disciplined party. His determination to also strengthen the Fascist's position led to the creation of the Acerbo Law that would give the leading party two thirds of the seats in parliament that Mussolini made sure was the Fascists. The Mateotti crisis could have seen ...

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