Fascism is a system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism. A few characteristics of fascism were that the people were strongly nationalistic, strongly and violently anti-Communist, and they also glorified war. Fascism had many reasons for appeal. People were turning to other forms of government due to immense economic problems; weak governments were easy preys for the fascists; and it also made great use of the potentials of the newly developed mass media. Fascism was begun by Benito Mussolini. Various causes led to the rise of Fascism in Italy. Italy was a disappointed victor of World War I, because it gained much less than it expected. War had proved costly to Italy, wearing it of its finances and forcing up the cost of living...