About the book: 2000 / Benito Mussolini is one of the most striking and mysterious figures of the 20th century, around whom many secrets have arisen. What role did the leader of Italian fascism play in World War II? What is his personal attitude towards Hitler? Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt? Who saved the Pope from Berlin captivity and why? How and by whom was Mussolini himself killed? What was the dictator's personal life like? Why does it remain so popular in modern Italy? The reader will find answers to these and other questions in the book of the famous journalist Mikhail Ilyinsky.