Il PNF e i gerarchi nell'analisi di Renzo De Felice

As indicated by De Felice, the relationship between Mussolini and the Pnf was never easy as the «Duce» conceived the Fascist Party merely as an obedient tool in his hands. Farinacci had a different vision: the Pnf had to play an active role in the decision-making of the Regime representing the will of the «Old Guard of the Revolution». Turati shared Mussolini’s views on the supremacy of the Government over the Pnf, but nevertheless imagined an active role of the Fascist Party in the field of political education. After a transitional period with Giuriati, Mussolini thought that Starace could be the secretary he had been looking for a long time. Was this true?