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This powerful study offers a vivid and often disturbing account of
the Italian army's violent occupation of Slovenia during World War
II. Beginning with the decision of the Fascist regime to annex
Slovenia as an Italian province in 1941, it moves from the
Fascist's naive attempts to Italianize the population, through
local resistance and brutal reaction against civilians, to the
army's spectacular tactical and organizational failures and its
ultimate collapse following Italy's defection from the Axis in
1943. It thus restores an often forgotten, frequently misunderstood
chapter of the savage history of World War II.
This powerful study offers a vivid and often disturbing account of
the Italian army's occupation of Slovenia during World War II. It
moves from the decision of the Italians to annex Slovenia in 1941,
through local resistance and brutal reaction against civilians, to
the army's ultimate collapse following Italy's defection from the
Axis.
How often does a visitor to Rome drift towards some landmark and
wonder who created it? Why? What was their story? This fascinating
book provides the answers. At once a history and a guide, it
divides Rome into the districts dominated by the fabulously rich
families of the Popes: the Colonna, della Rovere, Farnese,
Borghese, Barberini and others. In each case we learn their story -
powerful, bloody and vivid - with all the scandals and intrigues as
well as their relationships with artists like Bernini and
Michelangelo. As we stroll through Rome's history - either
literally or in the imagination - we discover it afresh. Famous
sites like the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps and St Peter's
take on new significance as we watch the city rise from cramped
medieval streets to become a glorious panorama of piazzas and
palaces, fountains, towers and domes.
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