The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919 - Rilegato

Thompson, Mark

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ISBN 10: 0465013295 ISBN 13: 9780465013296

Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2009

Riassunto

In May 1915, Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire. Nearly 750,000 Italian troops were killed in savage, hopeless fighting on the stony hills north of Trieste and in the snows of the Dolomites. To maintain discipline, General Luigi Cadorna restored the Roman practice of decimation, executing random members of units that retreated or rebelled.

With elegance and pathos, historian Mark Thompson relates the saga of the Italian front, the nationalist frenzy and political intrigues that preceded the conflict, and the towering personalities of the statesmen, generals, and writers drawn into the heart of the chaos. A work of epic scale, The White War does full justice to the brutal and heart-wrenching war that inspired Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms.

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Recensione:

The Weekly Standard
“[A] study as pioneering as it is brilliant.... Drawing on an impressive array of British, Italian, and Austrian sources, including fascinating interviews with survivors, Thompson re-creates the Italo-Austrian conflict in all its facets.... The White War is the work of a bright young historian proving his mettle.”

L'autore:

Mark Thompson holds a PhD in Social Sciences from Cambridge. The author of Forging War and A Paper House, he lives in Oxford, England.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0465013295
• ISBN 13: 9780465013296
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 454