The bad German and the good Italian : removing the guilt of the Second World War /

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This book describes how Italy elaborated a master narrative of the Second World War that evades the faults of Mussolini's fascist war by attributing all responsibility on the shoulders of the German ally.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Focardi, Filippo (Author)
Other Authors: Barnaby, Paul (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2023.
Series:Cultural history of modern war.
Subjects:
Italy. > Regio Esercito > History > 20th century.
Germany. > Heer > History > 20th century.
Italy. > Regio Esercito
Germany. > Heer
National characteristics, German.
National characteristics, Italian.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Case studies.
Allemands.
Italiens.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Atrocités > Études de cas.
National characteristics, Italian
National characteristics, German
Atrocities
Italy > History, Military.
Germany > History, Military.
Italie > Histoire militaire.
Allemagne > Histoire militaire.
Italy
Germany
Electronic books.
Military history
History
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Italy and the Axis in Allied propaganda
  • Who betrayed their country?
  • The origins of war memory
  • 'Italy won too': atonement and redemption of a 'nation underground'
  • Forgetting the Axis
  • 'Good Italians' and 'bad Germans'
  • Humans or Germans?
  • Conclusion
  • Index

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