Politics, Murder and Love in an Italian Family

ISBN-13: 9781009280174 / Twarda / 2023 / 280 str.

R.J.B. (University of Oxford) Bosworth

Opis

Explores the impact of fascism, communism, and totalitarianism on modern Italy, through the prism of a single family.

Recenzje

'Politics, Murder and Love in an Italian Family offers new perspectives on Italian politics in the twentieth century. As always with R.J.B. Bosworth's research, it is imaginative, meticulous and exhaustive. This well-paced, engaging study crosses political, social and cultural history, reminding English-speaking readers of the peculiarities of the Italian liberal-conservative political elite, especially its Southern component, during the years of the rise of Fascism.' John Pollard, author of The Papacy in the Age of Totalitarianism, 1914–1958

Spis treści

List of figures; Preface; Introduction; Dramatis personae; 1. Political violence and the Amendolas, father and son; 2. The rise of Giovanni Amendola, 1882–1919: Man of liberal democratic ambition; 3. Giovanni Amendola: a condottiere of pure anti-fascism?; 4. Nelia Pavlova, Giovanni's last lover, convinced admirer and liberal democrat partisan; 5. Giorgio Amendola 1907–43: True love and totalitarianisms (Italian-style); 6. Giorgio Amendola and a national road to socialism and the end of history; Conclusion; Afterword; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.