The Fascist World Cup: Mussolini's Football Dictatorship
This episode of The Rest is History launches a mini-series exploring how authoritarian regimes have used the FIFA World Cup as a tool of propaganda, beginning with Benito Mussolini’s fascist Italy in the 1930s. The hosts argue that while sports have long been politicized, the 1934 and 1
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