Italy and the Second World War : : alternative perspectives / / edited by Emanuele Sica, Richard Carrier.

• TeilnehmendeR: Sica, Emanuele, 1975-; Carrier, Richard, 1969-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2018]
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: History of Warfare 121.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (382 pages).

Italy in the Second World War: Alternative Perspectives stems from the necessity to write an important page of Second World War history, by focusing on the Italian war experience, which has been overshadowed in international research by the attention given to its senior Axis partner. Drawing extensively on material from Italian and international archives, a team of Italian and international historians, led by Emanuele Sica and Richard Carrier, offers a broad-ranging volume on the war seen through the lens of Italian soldiers and civilians, and populations occupied by the Italian army. Contributors are: Luca Baldissara, Cindy Brown, Federico Ciavattone, Nicolò Da Lio, Paolo Fonzi, Francesco Fusi, Eric Gobetti, Federico Goddi, Andrea Martini, Niall MacGalloway, Amedeo Osti Guerrazzi, Paolo Pezzino, Matteo Pretelli, Nicholas Virtue.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Emanuele Sica -- 1 Allied with the Enemy: the Italian Occupation of Yugoslavia (1941-43) / Eric Gobetti -- 2 The Military Court of Cettigne During the Italian Occupation of Montenegro (1941-1943) / Federico Goddi -- 3 The Italian Occupation of Crete During the Second World War / Paolo Fonzi -- 4 Italian Governing Apparatuses in Occupied France, 1940-1943 / Niall MacGalloway -- 5 The Regio Esercito in Co-Belligerency, October 1943-April 1945 / Richard Carrier -- 6 The Italian Regio Esercito Co-Belligerent Soldiering, 1943-1945: A Grassroots Perspective / Nicolò Da Lio -- 7 Multi-National Special Operators: The San Marco Marines, the Italian Partisans, and Allied Armies in Italy, 1943-45 / Cindy Brown -- 8 War of Resistance and Resistance to War: Scenes of the History of the Guerrilla War / Luca Baldissara -- 9 From Fascism to the Italian Civil War: The Republican Fascist's Identity from 1943 to 1945 / Amedeo Osti Guerrazzi -- 10 Fighting Women: The Case of the Italian Social Republic 1943-45 / Federico Ciavattone -- 11 Punishing the Fascists: An Intense Debate During the Italian Civil War / Andrea Martini -- 12 "We Istrians Do Very Well in Russia": Istrian Combatants, Fascist Propaganda, and Brutalization on the Eastern Front / Nicolas G. Virtue -- 13 Fighting Alongside the Allies in Italy: The War of Soldiers of Italian Descent Against the Land of Their Ancestors / Matteo Pretelli and Francesco Fusi -- 14 Justice Delayed, Justice Denied: The Punishment of War Crimes Committed in Italy by the Germans After 8 September 1943 / Paolo Pezzino -- Epilogue / Richard Carrier -- Select Bibliography / Emanuele Sica and Richard Carrier -- Index / Emanuele Sica and Richard Carrier.