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Christopher Duggan is Professor of Italian History at the University of Reading. He is the author of Fascism and the Mafia.
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- PublisherALLEN LANE
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0713997095
- ISBN 13 9780713997095
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages688
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