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• ISBN: 0300046618
• ISBN: 9780300046618
• ISBN: 0300051328
• ISBN: 9780300051322
• Physical Description: xi, 402 pages, [12] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
• Publisher: New Haven ; Yale University Press, 1989.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-390) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. Vittorio Emanuele II. The king and the constitution, 1861 ; An abortive march on Rome, 1862 ; From Turin to Florence ; The war for Venice ; Court politics, 1866-7 ; A failed revolution, 1867 ; Personal rule ; The conquest of Rome ; The Left in power ; Death, and retrospect -- 2. Umberto I. The new reign ; The Triple Alliance ; Depretis and the transformation of parties ; Crispi, 1887-91 ; Two interim governments ; Crispi and the politics of force ; Defeat in Africa ; Umberto reasserts his authority ; Two turbulent years ; The collapse of parliamentary government ; Retrospect -- 3. Vittorio Emanuele III. A new direction in politics ; Foreign policy, 1900-4 ; The beginning of Giolittismo ; Great-power politics ; Victory in Libya ; Giolitti in difficulties, 1912-14 ; Salandra, 1914 ; To fight or not to fight? -- 4. World War I, and the rise of fascism. Italy at war, 1915-17 ; Defeat and triumph, 1917-18 ; Post-war difficulties ; Fascism and the march on Rome ; The fascist dictatorship ; The 'diarchy' ; Alliance with Germany -- 5. The end of the monarchy. Italy drifts into war ; The regime disintegrates ; Mussolini is dismissed ; The armistice ; The flight from Rome ; The monarchy under attack ; Umberto II -- Abbreviations and acknowledgments -- Notes -- List of prime ministers of Italy -- Index.

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Italy > Politics and government > 1849-1870.
Italy > Politics and government > 1870-1914.
Italy > Politics and government > 1914-1945.
Italy > History.