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“Since there are no studies in English on the Italian army, this is a useful survey because it gathers scattered bits of information into one volume. John Wittham’s thesis is that the army played an important, sometimes preponderant, role in the history of Italy between 1861 and 1918. In order to support this contention, he stresses the use of the army to tame the South and Sicily in the 1860s and in the 1890s. He also concentrates on the reforms of Generals LaMarmora and Fanti, both of whom collaborated with conservative politicians to oppose Garibaldi’s concept of the nation-in-arms and to create a trustworthy professional army.” - Charles L. Bertrand, The American Historical Review, Volume 83, Issue 1, February 1978, Page 206.

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