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Respectability and violence : military values, masculine honor, and Italy's road to mass death / Lorenzo Benadusi ; translated by Zakiya Hanafi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benadusi, Lorenzo, 1973- author.
- Series:
- George L. Mosse series in the history of European culture, sexuality, and ideas
- Standardized Title:
- Ufficiale e gentiluomo. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- War and civilization--Italy--History--19th century.
- War and civilization.
- War and civilization--Italy--History--20th century.
- Middle class--Italy--History--19th century.
- Middle class.
- Middle class--Italy--History--20th century.
- Military education--Italy--History--19th century.
- Military education.
- Military education--Italy--History--20th century.
- Civilization.
- History.
- Italy--Civilization--19th century.
- Italy.
- Italy--Civilization--20th century.
- Italy--History, Military--1870-1914.
- History, Military.
- Italy--History, Military--1914-1945.
- Genre:
- History.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2021]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 THE FATHERLAND IN ARMS: Army and Nation
- 1. The Adwa Complex
- 2. Antimilitarism
- 3. Counterpropaganda
- pt. 2 THE OFFICERS: Reformism and Militarism
- 4. Recruitment and Training
- 5. Ethos and Discipline
- 6. Military Hardship
- 7. Fabio Ranzi and Reformist Modernism
- 8. Nationalism: Warriors versus Bourgeois
- pt. 3 THE LIBYAN WAR: Conquer and Civilize
- 9. The Promised Land
- 10. Big Game Hunting in
- 11. Violence and Barbarity
- 12. The Effects of the War
- pt. 4 THE GREAT WAR: A Sense ofDuty and Heroism
- 13. Officers in Gray Green
- 14. "Noble Latin Blood"
- 15. A Crisis of Respectability?
- 16. "Thou Shalt Not Kill"
- 17. The Moral Implications of Distance
- pt. 5 FEELINGS ON THE FRONT: Family Ties and Camaraderie
- 18. Rivers of Words and Mountains of Paper
- 19. La Mamma and the Domestic Nest
- 20. Love and Sexuality
- 21. Masculinity and Virile Friendships
- 22. Officers and Soldiers, Combatants and Shirkers
- pt. 6 FAREWELL TO ARMS: Expectations and Disappointments
- 23. The End of the War and the Sacrifice of the "Finest"
- 24. Demobilization.
- Notes:
- Originally published in Italian as Ufficiale e gentiluomo: Virtù civili e valori militari in Italia, 1896-1918, copyright ©2015 by Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore Milano.
- Translated from the Italian.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780299333300
- 0299333302
- OCLC:
- 1228910553
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