Sawdust Caesar

{{Short description|1935 book by George Seldes}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Sawdust Caesar: The Untold History of Mussolini and Fascism

| image = File:Sawdust_Caesar_book_cover.png

| author = George Seldes

| published = 1935

| publisher = Harper

| isbn = 0404561977

| awards =

}}

Sawdust Caesar: The Untold History of Mussolini and Fascism is a 1935 biography of Benito Mussolini and a history of the rise of fascism in Italy by American investigative journalist George Seldes.

Reviews

A 1936 review in American Political Science Review stated: "Here, as the title indicates, is a piece of sensational journalism rather than of scientific analysis. Such a remark, however, is not meant in condemnation; for there is a considerable measure of usefulness in Seldes' contribution, considering all the extraordinary circumstances."{{cite journal |last1=Spencer |first1=Henry R. |title=Sawdust Caesar; The Untold History of Mussolini and Fascism. By Gilbert Seldes. (New York: Harper and Brothers. 1935. Pp. xv, 459.) |journal=American Political Science Review |date=1936 |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=384–385 |doi=10.2307/1947274 |jstor=1947274 |s2cid=148131424 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/sawdust-caesar-the-untold-history-of-mussolini-and-fascism-by-gilbert-seldes-new-york-harper-and-brothers-1935-pp-xv-459/5E0FACD046D77BC6D9DAC0BFB96372B6 |accessdate=20 October 2020 |language=en |issn=1537-5943}}

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