Part I. The origins of a personality cult. Political cults in liberal Italy, 1861-1922 / Christopher Duggan
The propagation of the cult of the Duce, 1925-26 / Christopher Duggan
Margherita Sarfatti and the invention of the Duce / Simona Storchi
Sanity from a lunatic asylum : Ida Dalser's threat to Mussolini's image / Daniela Baratieri
Mass culture and the cult of personality / Stephen Gundle
Part II. The Duce and the Fascist regime. A town for the cult of the Duce : Predappio as a site of pilgrimage / Sofia Serenelli
Mussolini's appearances in the regions / Stephen Gundle
The internalisation of the cult of the Duce : the evidence of diaries and letters / Christopher Duggan
Mussolini and the Italian Empire, 1935-41 / Giuseppe Finaldi
Part III. The iconography of the Duce. Portraits of the Duce / Giuliana Pieri
Photographing Mussolini / Alessandra Antola
Mussolini as monument : the equestrian statue of the Duce at the Littoriale Stadium in Bologna / Simona Storchi
Mussolini and the city of Rome / Eugene Pooley
Part IV. After the fall of Fascism. The destiny of the art and artefacts / Giuliana Pieri
The aftermath of the Mussolini cult : history, nostalgia and popular culture / Stephen Gundle
Mussolini and post-war Italian television / Vanessa Roghi
Afterword / R.J.B. Bosworth.
The cult of the Duce : Mussolini and the Italians. ISBN 9780719088964. Published by Manchester University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.