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Title: A Civil War
Condition: New
Subtitle: A History of the Italian Resistance
Author: Claudio Pavone
Translator: Peter Levy
Contributor: Stanislao Pugliese (Introduction by), Peter Levy (Translated by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1781687773
EAN: 9781781687772
ISBN: 9781781687772
Publisher: Verso Books
Genre: History
Release Date: 01/10/2014
Description: A Civil War is a history of the wartime Italian Resistance, recounted by a historian who, when only a boy, took part in the struggle against Mussolini's fascist Republic. Since its publication in Italy, Claudio Pavone's masterwork has become indispensable to anyone seeking to understand this period and its continuing importance for the nation's identity.
Pavone casts a sober eye on his protagonists' ethical and ideological motivations. He uncovers a multilayered conflict, in which class antagonisms, patriotism and political ideals all played a part. A clear understanding of this complexity allows him to explain many details of the post-war transition, as well as the legacy of the Resistance for modern Italy. In addition to being a monumental work of scholarship, A Civil War is a folk history, capturing events, personalities and attitudes that were on the verge of slipping entirely out of recollection to the detriment of Italy's understanding of itself and its past.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 235mm
Item Length: 156mm
Item Width: 40mm
Item Weight: 1056g
Release Year: 2014

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