Benito Mussolini was one of those who created the history of the 20th century. Mussolini's memoirs cover the war period of his activities. In them, the Duce constantly returns to the past, compares, analyzes, makes forecasts. He believes that, along with liberal or communist ways out of the crisis that gripped the world in the first half of the 20th century, there is a third way - the creation of a national state on the principles of social partnership. In addition Moreover, Mussolini's memoirs contain apt and accurate characteristics of many famous people of that era. In essence, this is Mussolini’s political testament, and, according to the author’s plan, it should justify in the eyes of posterity both the Duce himself and the ideals he professed.