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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808924603321

Titolo

The Libyan War 1911-1912 / / edited by Luca Micheletta and Andrea Ungari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-6492-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Disciplina

303.6/6

961.203

Soggetti

Turco-Italian War, 1911-1912 - Political aspects - Italy

Turco-Italian War, 1911-1912 - Diplomatic history

Turco-Italian War, 1911-1912 - Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I; CHAPTER II; CHAPTER III; CHAPTER IV; CHAPTER V; CHAPTER VI; CHAPTER VII; CHAPTER VIII; CHAPTER IX; CHAPTER X; CHAPTER XI; INDEX OF NAMES

Sommario/riassunto

The war between Italy and the Ottoman Empire for possession of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania was a crucial event both for Italian domestic and foreign policy and for the contemporary European balance of power. For Italian society the Libyan conflict was in many ways a dress rehearsal for the First World War. The propaganda campaign for the occupation of Libya, orchestrated around the myth of the ""Grande Italia"" and the ""Grande proletaria"" had an important impact on the Italian political system, ...