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1. White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1918
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The Western Front dominates our memories of the First World War. Yet, a million and half men died in North East Italy in a war that need never have happened, when Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire in May 1915. Led by General Luigi Cadorna, the most ruthless of all the Great War commanders, waves of Italian conscripts were sent charging up the limestone hills north of Trieste to be massacred by troops fighting to save their homelands. This is a great, tragic military history of a war that gave birth to fascism. Mussolini fought in these trenches, but so did many of the greatest modernist writers in Italian and German - Ungaretti, Gadda, Musil, Hemingway. It is through these accounts that Mark Thompson, with great skill and empathy, brings to life this forgotten conflict.2. The Balkans, Italy & Africa 19141918: From Sarajevo to the Piave and Lake Tanganyika (History of WWI)
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The History of World War I series recounts the battles and campaigns that took place during the 'Great War'. From the Falkland Islands to the lakes of Africa, across the Eastern and Western Fronts, to the former German colonies in the Pacific, the series provides a six-volume history of the battles and campaigns on land, at sea and in the air. The assassination in Sarajevo of the Austro-Hungarian heir, Archduke Franz Ferdinand lit an explosive mixture of ethnic tensions, nationalism, political opportunism, and the quest for power within the Balkans to plunge Europe into a conflict that would cost millions of lives. Austro-Hungary faced both Serbia and Russia during the opening phase of the war, but Bulgaria's decision to join the Central Powers in October 1915 led to the opening of the Salonika front in Greece, where 150,0000 British and French troops saw little fighting until the disastrous 1918 Doiran campaign. At the war's outbreak, the British authorities in Africa were totally unprepared, with few forces available to attack the German colonies, who themselves were effectively left isolated from help. The German commander in East Africa, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, launched a brilliant guerrilla campaign with scant resources, conducting lightning attacks on Allied targets, particularly the Uganda Railway. He was opposed by the South African General Jan Smuts and his mixture of Boer, British, Rhodesian, Indian, African, Belgian and Portuguese soldiers: fighting continued until November 1918. Italy entered the war against the Central Powers in April 1915. For two years, Austro-Hungarian forces were kept at bay on Italy's northern borders, until a combined German and Austro-Hungarian defeatedthe Italian forces at the Battle of Caporetto in October 1917. Revenge came with the Allied victory at Vittorio Veneto in November 1918, which led to Austro-Hungary's collapse. With the aid of over 300 photographs, complemented by full-colour maps, The Balkans, Italy & Africa provides a detailed guide to the background and conduct of the war in the Balkan, Italian and African theatres from the assassination in Sarajevo to the surrender of the Central Powers.
3. The Guardians of Silence: A Photographic Journey of the Italian Front in WWI
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The front that stretched between Italy and Austria in World War I was one of the most impressively fortified in the whole theater, encompassing substantial fortresses on both sides of the Great Plateaus of Trentino.
A century later, the front remains remarkably visibleworn by time and neglect, but nonetheless standing as a marker of the hostilities along what has for decades now been a peaceful border. Inspired by the centennial, photographer Andrea Contrini set out to explore the remnants of the front, and the result is this stunning full-color book. From the heights of crumbling fortress walls to the depths of forgotten caves, Contrini captures the physical remains of the deadly history of the regionall set amid breathtaking mountain scenery. Through Contrinis lens, the Italian-Austrian front, and by extension the experiences of the men who struggled and died there, comes to life once more, a reminder of the wars incredible physical and human toll.
A century later, the front remains remarkably visibleworn by time and neglect, but nonetheless standing as a marker of the hostilities along what has for decades now been a peaceful border. Inspired by the centennial, photographer Andrea Contrini set out to explore the remnants of the front, and the result is this stunning full-color book. From the heights of crumbling fortress walls to the depths of forgotten caves, Contrini captures the physical remains of the deadly history of the regionall set amid breathtaking mountain scenery. Through Contrinis lens, the Italian-Austrian front, and by extension the experiences of the men who struggled and died there, comes to life once more, a reminder of the wars incredible physical and human toll.
4. Caporetto and the Isonzo Campaign: The Italian Front 1915-1918
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From May 1915 to October 1917 the armies of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian empire were locked into a series of twelve battles along the River Isonzo, a sixty-mile front from the Alps to the Adriatic. The campaign was fought in the most appalling terrain for combat, with horrendous casualties on both sides, often exceeding those of the more famous battles of the Great War. Yet this massive struggle is too often neglected in histories of the war which focus on the fighting on the Western and Eastern Fronts. John Macdonald, in this accessible and highly illustrated account, aims to set the record straight. His description of the Isonzo battles, of the battlefields and of the atrocious conditions in which the soldiers lived and fought is supported by a graphic selection of original photographs that record the terrible reality of the conflict.Certainly this is one to add to the bookshelf for anyone who wants to add to their knowledge of the Italian Front and for all those generally interested in the Great War. Highly Recommended 10/10. Great War Magazine
With its 130 or so excellent and previously unseen photographs gives a good description of the campaign based partly on the experience of individuals.
The Military History Society
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5. Italian Arditi: Elite Assault Troops 191720 (Warrior)
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The Italian Reparti d'Assalto (Assault Units) of World War I (1914-1918) were a truly elite force. The word ardito (pl. arditi) means bold or daring, and, as their name suggests, their role required courage, as well as specific combat skills. This book takes a close look at the origins, training, dress, weaponry and equipment of the Arditi, and examines the daily life, motivation and combat role of these elite soldiers. The legacy of their identity is also examined, in the presence of D'Annunzio and rise to power of Mussolini in post-war Italy.6. War & Art WWI USA in ITALY. Destruction and protection of Italian Cultural Heritage during World War I
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War and Art: USA in Italy la seconda tappa di un progetto di ricerca iniziato con War & Art: The Preservation of Italian Treasures. Questo secondo volume sottolinea l'importanza dell'ingresso degli Stati Uniti nella Prima Guerra Mondiale da diverse prospettive. | La mostra fotografica, ora esposta al Pentagono, comprende immagini dal Museo del Risorgimento, dal Museo della Battaglia Vittorio Veneto, dal Museo Hemingway e della Grande Guerra, dagli archivi dei Foggiani e del U.S. 332nd Infantry Regiment WWI Centennial Committee, ed stata coordinata dall'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington. | L'uso di fotografie per sottolineare il rapporto tra guerra e opere d'arte stato strumento di propaganda nazionale, ma ci ha anche permesso di avere una documentazione dettagliata di ci che veniva fatto a protezione delle stesse opere.| I monumenti? Protetti e avvolti con sacchi di sabbia o alghe. I dipinti? Imballati e inviati in luoghi pi sicuri. Gli affreschi? Protetti con materassi. | L'Italia riuscita a proteggere la maggior parte dei suoi tesori artistici - e quindi la propria identit - da uno spietato annullamento. All'epoca i fotografi e i pittori-soldati erano estremamente importanti nel mondo figurativo: attraverso le loro opere - disegni, schizzi e dipinti e, in questo caso, fotografie - hanno catturato gli orrori della guerra e li hanno saputo trasformare in qualcosa di unico: Arte.| War and Art: USA in Italy is the second instalment in a longterm| research project which started with War & Art: The Preservation| of Italian Treasures. This second volume underlines the| importance of the entrance of the United States into the war| from a number of different perspectives.| This photographic exhibition, now on display at the Pentagon, includes| images from the Museo del Risorgimento, the Museo della| Battaglia Vittorio Veneto, the Museo Hemingway e della Grande| G ... La descrizione continua sul sito www.gangemieditore.it7. The Evidence in the Case - A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, ... Italy and Belgium (WWI Centenary Series)
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"The volume 'The Evidence in the Case' is based upon an article by the Hon. James M. Beck, which came into print in the New York Times of October 25th. The article in question made so deep an impression with thinking citizens on both sides of the Atlantic that it has been translated into a number of European languages, and some 400,000 copies have been sold in England alone. The present book is an independent work, and is deserving of consideration on the part of all citizens who are interested in securing authoritative information on the issues of the great European contest." This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative tribute to mark the passing of one of the world's bloodiest wars, offering new perspectives on this tragic yet fascinating period of human history. Each publication also includes brand new introductory essays and a timeline to help the reader place the work in its historical context.8. A Soldier on the Southern Front: The Classic Italian Memoir of World War 1
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Italian Memoir of WWIInfantryman
Sardinian officer
Great War
1916
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A rediscovered Italian masterpiece chronicling the author's experience as an infantryman, newly translated and reissued to commemorate the centennial of World War I. Taking its place alongside works by Ernst Jnger, Robert Graves, and Erich Maria Remarque, Emilio Lussu's memoir is one of the most affecting accounts to come out of the First World War. A classic in Italy but virtually unknown in the English-speaking world, it reveals, in spare and detached prose, the almost farcical side of the war as seen by a Sardinian officer fighting the Austrian army on the Asiago plateau in northeastern Italy, the alpine front so poignantly evoked by Ernest Hemingway in A Farewell to Arms.For Lussu, June 1916 to July 1917 was a year of continuous assaults on impregnable trenches, absurd missions concocted by commanders full of patriotic rhetoric and vanity but lacking in tactical skill, and episodes often tragic and sometimes grotesque, where the incompetence of his own side was as dangerous as the attacks waged by the enemy. A rare firsthand account of the Italian front, Lussu's memoir succeeds in staging a fierce indictment of the futility of war in a dry, often ironic style that sets his tale wholly apart from the Western Front of Remarque and adds an astonishingly modern voice to the literature of the Great War.
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