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Revisionist History
Sherrill compared Bismarck with his other great man crush, the Italian strongman Benito Mussolini. He admired Bismarck, but had true passion for Mussolini. Sherrill visited Mussolini in his massive office and wrote about his Caesar-like features lighting up and those piercing eyes softening into friendliness. Sherrill sent his book to Mussolini, who liked it so much he gave Sherrill the highest of all Italian military and civilian honors. He made him a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy.
His Caesar-like features lighting up, and those piercing eyes softening into friendliness.
— Episode: Hitler’s Olympics, Part 3: Mustache to M...
Episode: Hitler’s Olympics, Part 3: Mustache to Mustache
Sherrill compared Bismarck with his other great man crush, the Italian strongman Benito Mussolini. He admired Bismarck, but had true passion for Mussolini. Sherrill visited Mussolini in his massive office and wrote about his Caesar-like features lighting up and those piercing eyes softening into friendliness. Sherrill sent his book to Mussolini, who liked it so much he gave Sherrill the highest of all Italian military and civilian honors. He made him a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy.
His Caesar-like features lighting up, and those piercing eyes softening into friendliness.
A lesser man would be crippled by a sentence like that, but not Charles Sherrill.
It was a last chance. So I went right at him with a question. What would Bismarck, master of foreigner psychology, do today?
