A Civil War
A History of the Italian Resistance
Published on 6. August 2013
Book
Hardback
864 pages
978-1-84467-750-4 (ISBN)
Description
Claudio Pavone's masterwork, widely recognized as the key reference on the Italian Resistance, addresses crucial issues related to the transition from fascist Italy to the postwar period, viewed from the perspective of the morality at work amongst the protagonists. In an analysis of the events between September 1943 and April 1945, Claudio Pavone distinguishes three processes: a patriotic war, a civil war and a class war-three wars that were often fought by the same actors. He thus introduces a new interpretation capable of grasping all the nuances of a historical event of great complexity.
Reviews / Votes
The most important essay on the Resistance. * La Stampa * Passionate and fascinating, well documented in the slightest detail, radical in its themes and solutions. And it is also, in some regards, definitive, the final end of an ideal historiographical tradition begun with Battaglia in his Storia della Resistenza Italiana in 1964. -- Marco Revelli * L'Indice * An essential book-the best book on the Resistance to date-which changes the way we look at that phenomenon, engaging dispassionately with its key and controversial moments: the civil war, violence, ideology, the relationship with the allies. * La Repubblica * There have not been, in the past few years, many books on history and politics that have sparked such a vast and heated debate as the one arising with the publication of A Civil War by Claudio Pavone. -- Norberto Bobbio An essential book on the Resistance struggle. * Corriere della Sera * Verso's decision to publish an integral English edition of Una guerra civile merits high praise. -- Philip Cooke * Journal of Modern History * Pavone's great work is among the few indisputable masterpieces of contemporary history. But more than this, it is a unique meditation on the passions and tensions that continue to swirl beneath the surface of modern politics. * Financial Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1197 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84467-750-4 (9781844677504)
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Persons
Claudio Pavone was born in Rome in 1920 and took an active part in the Resistance movement. A renowned historian, he has worked for many years in the National Archives and is Professor of Contemporary History in the University of Pisa. He is the director of Parolechiave.