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portada Respectability and Violence: Military Values, Masculine Honor, and Italy's Road to Mass Death
Type
Physical Book
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Translated by
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
416
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
Weight
0.74 kg.
ISBN13
9780299333300
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Respectability and Violence: Military Values, Masculine Honor, and Italy's Road to Mass Death

Lorenzo Benadusi (Author) · Zakiya Hanafi (Translated by) · University of Wisconsin Press · Hardcover

Respectability and Violence: Military Values, Masculine Honor, and Italy's Road to Mass Death - Benadusi, Lorenzo ; Hanafi, Zakiya

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Synopsis "Respectability and Violence: Military Values, Masculine Honor, and Italy's Road to Mass Death"

In the aftermath of national unification in the 1860s, the Italian army was tasked with molding generations of men from warring regions and different social strata into obedient citizens of a centralized state. Integrating large numbers of the educated middle classes into the young kingdom's armed forces proved decisive in establishing the army as the "main school" and backbone for mass nationalization. Lorenzo Benadusi examines the intersection of Italian military and civil society over the last century as they coalesced in the figure of the gentleman-officer--an idealized image of an altruistic, charming, and competent ruling class that could influence the choices, values, and behavior of the "new Italians."Respectability and Violence traces the relationship between civic virtues and military values from the post-Risorgimento period through the end of World War I, when the trauma of trench warfare made it necessary to again redefine ideas of chivalry and manliness and to accept violence as a necessary tool in defense of society and state. The language of conflict and attitudes about war forged in these decades--characterized by patriotism, heroism, and sacrifice--shaped the cultured bourgeoise into loyalists who ushered in Italy's transition to a powerful Fascist political system. This unique study of the officer is crucial for understanding the military, social, and political history of Italy.

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