1st Edition
Allied Air Attacks and Civilian Harm in Italy, 1940–1945 Bombing among Friends
By Matthew Evangelista
Copyright 2023
232 Pages
21 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
21 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Tens of thousands of Italian civilians perished in the Allied bombing raids of World War II. More of them died after the Armistice of September 1943 than before, when the air attacks were intended to induce Italy’s surrender.
Allied Air Attacks and Civilian Harm in Italy, 1940–1945 addresses this seeming paradox, by examining the views of Allied political and military leaders, Allied air... Read more
- Introduction
- Diplomacy
- Strategy
- Resistance
- Humanity
- Memory
Conclusion
Biography
Matthew Evangelista is President White Professor of History and Political Science at Cornell University, member of the comitato scientifico of the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi in Turin, Italy, and of the graduate faculty of the University of Roma Tre and the ASERI graduate school of the Catholic University of Milan.
