Italy and Tito's Yugoslavia in the age of international détente / Massimo Bucarelli, Luca Micheletta, Luciano Monzali and Luca Riccardi (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bucarelli, Massimo, editor.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Enjeux internationaux (Brussels, Belgium) ; no. 38.

International issues, 2030-3688 ; vol. 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Italy--Foreign relations--Yugoslavia.

Italy.

Yugoslavia--Foreign relations--Italy.

Yugoslavia.

Italy--Boundaries--Yugoslavia.

Boundaries.

Yugoslavia--Boundaries--Italy.

World War, 1939-1945--Territorial questions--Italy--Trieste.

World War, 1939-1945.

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

413 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Brussels : Peter Lang, [2016]

Summary:

World War II and East-West confrontation redefined borders between Italy and Yugoslavia, reshaped national frontiers and adversely affected political relations. As a result major quarrels and disputes arose over territorial claims, demarcation of State boundaries, expulsion of national minorities, and diverging visions on international and domestic politics. It was only in the 1960s and 1970s, during the years of Détente, that rapprochement between Rome and Belgrade become possible and normalization of bilateral relations was attained. Long-lasting territorial disputes, such as the Trieste question, were solved and bilateral relationship greatly improved, so much so that Belgrade became an important asset in Italy's Balkan and Adriatic strategy, while Rome was a sort of Bridge between socialist Yugoslavia and Western Europe. This book is intended to shed light on the process of Italian-Yugoslav normalization and rapprochement, which ultimately brought to the Adriatic Détente. Based on a wide collection of primary sources and documentary materials, it aims to contribute to a better understanding of the history of the Adriatic region, a conflicted European space that had been affected by territorial disputes and ethnic strife for decades during the 20th century. Book jacket.

Contents:

From London to Osimo : American attitude to Yugoslav-Italian settlement of the Trieste Question / Ivan Laković

The Soviet Union and Yugoslav-Italian détente (1968-1973) / Aleksandar Životić

French diplomacy and the road to the Osimo Agreements / Stanislav Sretenović

Great Britain and the Italian-Yugoslav relations in the 1970s / Gorazd Bajc

Romania and the rapprochement between Italy and Yugoslavia / Alberto Basciani

Italy and Albania in the era of détente : a tacit alliance / Luca Micheletta

A mistaken history? : a survey of the short century of Italian-Yugoslav relations / Raoul Pupo

Italian foreign policy in the years of détente : ideas and actions of Amintore Fanfani and Aldo Moro / Luca Riccardi

Aldo Moro, Italian Ostpolitik and relations with Yugoslavia / Luciano Monzali

Détente in the Adriatic : Italian foreign policy and the road to the Osimo Treaty / Massimo Bucarelli

A difficult reconciliation on the Adriatic : the Yugoslav road to the Osimo Agreements of 1975 / Saša Mišić

The contribution of Slovenia to the Osimo Treaty / Viljenka Škorjanec

Croatia and Italian-Yugoslav relations : the issues of demarcation line, minority and property rights (1943-1983) / Darko Dukovski

The Italian Communist Party's policy on Trieste as viewed by Vittorio Vidali (1954-1975) / Patrick Karlsen

Imperfect normalization : the political repercussions of the Treaty of Osimo / Diego D'Amelio

Resisting détente : the associative network and the Osimo Treaty / Fabio Capano.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9782875743138

2875743139

OCLC:

936621524

Publisher Number:

99966990058