AQA A Level History Depth Study: Italy and Fascism, c1900-1945 June 2017 question paper 7042/2L

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying Fascist foreign policy in the years 1935 to 1940.

‘In 1914, Italy was a stable, prosperous democracy.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was the successful consolidation of the Fascist regime in the years 1922 to 1929 due to Mussolini’s mastery of propaganda?

‘The strains of the Second World War exposed the complete failure of pre-war Fascist economic policies.’

Assess the validity of this view.