LEADER 05178nam 2200889Ia 450 001 9910464474203321 005 20211005215854.0 010 $a0-8232-4567-5 010 $a0-8232-5282-5 010 $a0-8232-5065-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9780823245673 035 $a(CKB)3410000000002278 035 $a(EBL)3239783 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000783925 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11431300 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783925 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10760743 035 $a(PQKB)10518376 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000155667 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3239783 035 $a(OCoLC)833585347 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19483 035 $a(DE-B1597)555349 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780823245673 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3239783 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10632672 035 $a(OCoLC)952746521 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1107661 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1107661 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11198174 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL818183 035 $a(OCoLC)915134827 035 $a(EXLCZ)993410000000002278 100 $a20121026d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA pact with Vichy$b[electronic resource] $eAngelo Tasca from Italian socialism to French collaboration /$fEmanuel Rota 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cFordham University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 225 0 $aWorld War II : the global, human, and ethical dimension 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8232-6729-6 311 $a0-8232-4564-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Into the Battlefield --$t2. Learning Russian --$t3. In Limbo --$t4. The Road to Vichy --$t5. A Socialist in Vichy --$tEpilogue --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aAngelo Tasca, a pivotal figure in 20th-century Italian political history, and indeed European history, is frequently overshadowed by his Fascist opponent Mussolini or his Socialist and Communist colleagues (Gramsci and Togliatti). Yet, as Emanuel Rota reveals in this captivating biography, Tasca?also known as Serra, A. Rossi, André Leroux, and XX?was in fact a key political player in the first half of the 20th century and an ill-fated representative of the age of political extremes he helped to create. In A Pact with Vichy, readers meet the Italian intellect and politician with fresh eyes as the author demystifies Tasca?s seemingly bizarre trajectory from revolutionary Socialist to Communist to supporter of the Vichy regime. Rota demonstrates how Tasca, an indefatigable cultural operator and Socialist militant, tried all his life to maintain his commitment to scientific analysis in the face of the rise of Fascism and Stalinism, but his struggle ended in a personal and political defeat that seemed to contradict all his life when he lent his support to the Vichy government. Through Tasca?s complex life, A Pact with Vichy vividly reconstructs and elucidates the even more complex networks and debates that animated the Italian and French Left in the first half of the 20th century. After his expulsion from the Italian Communist Party as a result of his refusal to conform to Stalinism, Tasca reinvented his life in Paris, where he participated in the intense political debates of the 1930's. Rota explores how Tasca?s political choices were motivated by the desperate attempt to find an alternative between Nazism and Stalinism, even when this alternative had the ambiguous borders of Vichy?s collaborationist regime. A Pact with Vichy uncovers how Tasca?s betrayal of his own ideal was tragically the result of his commitment to political realism in the brief age of triumphant Fascism. This riveting, perceptive biography offers readers a privileged window into one of the 20th century?s most intriguing yet elusive characters. It is a must-read for history buffs, students, and scholars alike. 410 0$aWorld War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension. 606 $aAnti-fascist movements$zItaly$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aJournalists$zFrance$vBiography 606 $aSocialism$zItaly$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSocialists$zFrance$vBiography 606 $aSocialists$zItaly$vBiography 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCollaborationists$zFrance 607 $aFrance$xIntellectual life$y20th century 607 $aFrance$xPolitics and government$y1940-1945 607 $aItaly$xPolitics and government$y1922-1945 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAnti-fascist movements$xHistory 615 0$aJournalists 615 0$aSocialism$xHistory 615 0$aSocialists 615 0$aSocialists 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCollaborationists 676 $a335.43092 676 $aB 700 $aRota$b Emanuel$f1970-$01033619 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464474203321 996 $aA pact with Vichy$92452260 997 $aUNINA