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'The most beautiful book written to date on the Italian Resistance.' L'Unita 'There have not been many books on history and politics in the past few years that have sparked such a vast and heated debate as the one arising with the publication of A Civil War.'Norberto Bobbio, author of The Future of Democracy 'Pavone's study of the struggle between the Resistance and the Fascist Republican regime, A Civil War, has provided the broad interpretive framework for much recent scholarship.' American Historical Review 'The most important essay on the Resistance.' La Stampa 'An essential book on the struggles of the Resistance.' Corriere della Sera 'An essential book - the best book on the Resistance to date - one that revitalizes the way we look at this phenomenon, engaging dispassionately with its defining controversial aspects: the civil war, violence, ideology and the relationship between the Resistance and the Allies.' Alberto De Bernardi, L a Repubblica

Pavone's great work is among the few indisputable masterpieces of contemporary history. But more than this, it is a unique meditation on the passions and tensions that continue to swirl beneath the surface of modern politics. --Mark Mazower, Financial Times Very few books change an entire perspective on a crucial period of history. Claudio Pavone's A Civil War is one of those books ... [This] edition of Pavone's masterpiece is something to be cherished. -- Times Literary Supplement The most beautiful book written to date on the Italian Resistance. -- L'Unita An essential book on the Resistance struggle. -- Corriere della Sera The most important essay on the Resistance. -- La Stampa An essential book--the best book on the Resistance to date - which changes the way we look at that phenomenon, engaging dispassionately with its key and controversial moments: the civil war, violence, ideology, the relationship with the allies. -- La Repubblica Passionate and fascinating, well documented in the slightest detail, radical in its themes and solutions. And it is also, in some regards, definitive, the final end of an ideal historiographical tradition begun with Battaglia in his Storia della Resistenza Italiana in 1964. --Marco Revelli, L'Indice There have not been, in the past few years, many books on history and politics that have sparked such a vast and heated debate as the one arising with the publication of A Civil War by Claudio Pavone. --Norberto Bobbio, author of The Future of Democracy From the Hardcover edition.

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Claudio Pavone was born in Rome in 1920 and took an active part in the Resistance movement. A renowned historian, he has worked for many years in the National Archives and is Professor of Contemporary History in the University of Pisa. He is the director of Parolechiave.

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