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This is the book on mid-twentieth century Italian history I have been waiting for. A marvellous reconstruction of the social and political history of Italy in the closing years of World War Two, with fine-tuned attention to the crucial interplay of grass-roots activism and high politics. -- Dr Gerd-Rainer Horn, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Universityof Warwick At a time when the Italian Resistance is under attack from all quarters, Tom Behan's clear and accessible book is a trenchant reminder that the movement had great moral, historical and political significance. -- Dr Phil Cooke, Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies, University of Strathclyde, editor of The Italian Resistance: An Anthology (1998).

'This is the book on mid-twentieth century Italian history I have been waiting for' -- Dr Gerd-Rainer Horn, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Universityof Warwick 'At a time when the Italian Resistance is under attack from all quarters, Tom Behan's clear and accessible book is a trenchant reminder that the movement had great moral, historical and political significance' -- Dr Phil Cooke, Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies, University of Strathclyde, editor of The Italian Resistance: An Anthology (1998).

At a time when the Italian Resistance is under attack from all quarters, Tom Behan's clear and accessible book is a trenchant reminder that the movement had great moral, historical and political significance. -- Dr Phil Cooke, Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies, University of Strathclyde, editor of The Italian Resistance: An Anthology (1998). This is the book on mid-twentieth century Italian history I have been waiting for. A marvellous reconstruction of the social and political history of Italy in the closing years of World War Two, with fine-tuned attention to the crucial interplay of grass-roots activism and high politics. -- Dr Gerd-Rainer Horn, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Universityof Warwick

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Tom Behan was Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies at the University of Kent. His books include The Italian Resistance (Pluto, 2009) and See Naples and Die (Tauris, 2009).

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