1st Edition

Nationalism and Terror Ante Pavelic and Ustasha Terrorism from Fascism to the Cold War

By Giorgio Cingolani, Pino Adriano Copyright 2018
478 Pages
by Central European University Press

This book covers the full story of the Ustasha, a fascist movement in Croatia, from its historic roots to its downfall. The authors address key questions: In what international context did Ustasha terrorism grow and develop? How did this movement rise to power, and then exterminate hundreds of thousands of innocents? Who was Ante Pavelic, its leader? Was he a shrewd politician, able to exploit... Read more
PART 1. The Ustasha Movement From its Origins to 1941, PART 2. The Ustasha in Power, 1941-45, PART 3. The Ustasha and the Cold War, 1945-59, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Giorgio Cingolani is lecturer at Department of Economics and Social Sciences, at the Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy. He is author of books, essays and articles on economic, social and political history and he participated in various international research projects.

Pino Adriano has a degree in History of Philosophy (1968, University of Florence). In 25 years of collaboration with the RAI (Radio Televisione Italiana), he directed and wrote over 100 documentary films about Italian history, culture and art.