Italy Reborn - From Fascism to Democracy

This book charts the descent of Italy into Fascism, the scale of the wartime disaster, the Italian resistance to Nazi occupation, and the establishment of the Republic in 1946. The Cold War divided, in 1947, the coalition of parties that had led the resistance to Fascism and Nazism.

The book''s final chapters deal with the consolidation of Italian democracy and with the statesmanship of Alcide De Gasperi, the premier from December 1945 to August 1953. The book argues, first, that De Gasperi deserves more credit than he has typically been accorded for Italy''s post-war democratization and, second, that Italian democracy was constructed on a sound foundation - which is why it has been able to survive its many post-war crises.

Largely based on contemporary Italian sources, the book is written in an engaging, lively way for both the general reader and specialists in Italian history.<>

Product details

• Authors: Mark Gilbert
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 12.06.2025
• EAN: 9780141995212
• ISBN: 978-0-14-199521-2
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, Fascism & Nazism, Political structures: democracy, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Far-right political ideologies and movements, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, 1918–1943 (Italian post-war and Fascist period), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General