War Promotion Quotes



It is not clear whether their manifesto was written by D’annunzio himself or followers in Fiume the Dictatorial mini-state that he ruled, He was a precursor to the Fascists of Europe and this is the origin of the Fascist glorification of war. Hitler and Mussolini also picked up the dagger as a symbol (see Quotation 643744), the black colored uniforms and the stiff-armed salute from D’annunzio.


For some people it was shocking that an administration would establish a high level White House group to "market" a war. See {583420} for one of the ways WHIG functioned.