The main purpose of this course is to analyze with the double perspective national/international the following topics: From the Belle Epoque to the Great War; Nationalism as ideology of imperialism; The Great War and the italian war; The bolshevik Revolution in 1917; Italy between the two world wars and the crisis of italian liberal State; Fascist regime in Italy; The fascist ideology; The fascist dictatorship; The fascist cinematography; American civilization in the early Twentieth century; The "Big Crash" of 1929; Totalitarianism in Europe; The Second World War; The concentration camps in Poland and Germany; Antifascism and Resistence in Italy and Europe; Nazifascist massacres in Italy; World after the two world wars; The Cold War