Following a historically chronological approach, and with a clear focus on the marked
regional diversity characterising Italy, this volume analyses the impact of social, economic …

Using original documents, the Allied Occupation of southern Italy, particularly Sicily and
Naples, is illustrated by examining crime and unrest by Allied soldiers, deserters, rogue …

'Moorehead paints a wonderfully vivid and moving portrait of the women of the Italian
Resistance'MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIMES The extraordinary story of the courageous …

To end a history of World War II at VE Day is to leave the tale half told. Endgame 1945
highlights the gripping personal stories of nine men and women, ranging from soldiers to …

The immediate aftermath of an armed conflict is a key window of opportunity to build
sustainable peace and security. Whether and how violence arises during that time has …

In the years after World War II, several thousand Italians from the Italo-Yugoslav borderlands
emigrated eastward across the emerging Iron Curtain, hoping to start new and better lives in …

Abstract This dissertation, Towards a Poetics of Neorealism: Tragedy and the Italian Cinema
from 1942–1948, explores Italian neorealist cinema as a tragic discourse. I argue that the …

On 3 October 20, NATO's Operation 'Unified Protector'was officially over and Libya
'liberated.'Just a few months later, however, violence is escalating between former rebel …

The main objective of this thesis is to describe the problems and difficulties of an island
population, which had suffered from extreme shortages of food and other basic necessities …

This research offers an account of the post-war transition in Italy through different literary
voices, belonging to various genres, and their original and complementary narration of post …