What is Renzo De Felice?
'''Renzo De Felice''' (8 April 1929 – 25 May 1996) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[historian]]. He was born in [[Rieti]] and studied at the [[Sapienza University of Rome]]. In his youth De Felice joined the Italian [[Communism|Communist Party]]. He left the party after the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956]].<ref name=Lund68>''Return to Normalcy or a New Beginning: Concepts and Expectations for a Postwar Europe Around 1945'', eds. Joachim Lund; Per Øhrgaard (Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School Press, 2008), p. 68</ref> He wrote more than 20 [[book]]s and a large number of [[essay]]s based on his extensive [[research]].<ref name=Gentile140>Emilio Gentile, 'Renzo De Felice: A Tribute', ''Journal of Contemporary History'', Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr., 1997), p. 140</ref> He was especially known for his studies on [[fascism]]. On this subject he was considered an [[expert]].<ref name=Gentile140/> He spent more than 40 years (1956-1996) of his life [[writer|writing]] a [[biography]] of [[Benito Mussolini]].<ref name=Lund68/> He died before completing it. De Felice was considered an [[Historical revisionism|historical revisionist]]. He taught [[history]] at the [[Sapienza University of Rome]].<ref name=WP>{{cite news |title=Deaths |author= |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=26 May 1996 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-776492.html |accessdate=20 January 2015 |archive-date=31 March 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020331041952/http://highbeam.com/ |url-status=dead }}, via HighBeam Research. 20 Jan. 2015</ref> He was married to Livia De Ruggiero. De Felice died May 25, 1996 in [[Rome]].<ref name=WP/> ==Selected Works== *''Storia degli ebrei italiani sotto il fascismo'', 1961. *''The Jews in Fascist Italy. A History, ''Enigma Books, 2001. {{ISBN|978-1-929631-01-8}}'' *''Mussolini'', 4 volumes, 1965-1997 (Turin, 1965–97) ::''vol. 1, Mussolini il rivoluzionario, 1883–1920; vol. 2, Mussolini il fascista, pt. 1, La conquista del potere, 1921–1925, pt. 2, L’organizzazione dello Stato fascista, 1925–1929; vol. 3, Muss