Italy and the Treaty of Lausanne of 1923
Authors : Maria Antonia Di CASOLA
Pages : 61-78
Doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000173
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Publication Date : 1993-05-01
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Recent Italian historical studies concur in saying that one cannot talk of `Fascist` foreign policy before the end of the tvventies. It is true that Fascism came to power in October 1922. But until 1929 Italian foreign policy was decidedly subordinated in Mussolini`s strategy to domestic and financial considerations.1 There were two kinds of reasons: a subjective one which aimed to see Fascism grow stronger at home; and an objective one, which concerned the stagnation of the international scene not allowing much flexibility avvay from the mainly traditional foreign policy Mussolini had to follow in this period. It is also true that, at the very beginning, Mussolini was thought to have considered Fascism as a legitimizing ideology for his foreign policy.2 A change in this situation occurred, on account of the great economic crisis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1929);. A more dynamic foreign policy was needed to bolster economic policies aiming at new markets for Italy in the Danubian-Balkan region.Keywords : Italy, Treaty, Lausanne