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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Vanda Wilcox (Independent scholar)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.634kg ISBN: 9780198822943ISBN 10: 0198822944 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 24 June 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Imperialism and Irredentism in Liberal Italy 3: From Neutrality to Intervention, 1914-1915 4: Italians on the battlefield 5: Societies at war 6: War in the Italian colonies 7: The war beyond Italy: expeditionary forces and expansionist ambitions 8: Race, nationality, and citizenship: the meanings of italianità in wartime 9: The Paris Peace Conference and Beyond 10: Post-war settlements in the Adriatic and the Balkans 11: Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean after the war 12: Conclusion BibliographyReviewsItaly's Great War was an imperial war, a war for territory gained by conquest. Vanda Wilcox's elegant narrative lays bare these tragic illusions, and shows why they could never have been realized. Here is an original contribution to the defeat embedded in Italy's 'victory' in the Great War. * Jay Winter, Yale University * Wilcox has strengthened her reputation as a leading scholar of Italy and the Great War ... a well written, perceptive and valuable account * Tim Halstead, The Western Front Association * Italy's Great War was an imperial war, a war for territory gained by conquest. Vanda Wilcox's elegant narrative lays bare these tragic illusions, and shows why they could never have been realized. Here is an original contribution to the defeat embedded in Italy's 'victory' in the Great War. * Jay Winter, Yale University * Author InformationVanda Wilcox is the author of Morale and the Italian Army in the First World War (2016) and editor of Italy in the Era of the Great War (2018). She has taught at John Cabot University and Trinity College, Rome Campus, and most recently at NYU Paris. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |