The legacy of the Italian Resistance
"This rich and detailed interdisciplinary study explores the enduring and contested legacy of the Italian Resistance movement. Philip Cooke scrutinizes the ambivalent and shifting attitutdes toward the movement held by the major Italian political parties and the State, caught up in an ambitious project to build a new nation out of the ruins of Fascism and the Second World War. Drawing upon a wide array of texts, Cooke bridges the gap between historical and cultural studies and shows how Italian politics, history, and culture have interacted over the long term"--Cover
Print Book, English, 2013
1st pbk. ed
Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2013