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The bad German and the good Italian : removing the guilt of the Second World War / Filippo Focardi ; translation by Paul Barnaby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Focardi, Filippo, author.
- Series:
- Cultural history of modern war.
- Cultural history of modern war
- Standardized Title:
- Cattivo tedesco e il bravo italiano. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Italy. Regio Esercito--History--20th century.
- Italy.
- Germany. Heer--History--20th century.
- Germany.
- National characteristics, German.
- National characteristics, Italian.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Italy--History, Military--20th century.
- Germany--History, Military--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 336 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Describes how Italy elaborated a master narrative of the Second World War that evades the faults of Mussolini's fascist war by attributing all responsibility on the shoulders of the German ally.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Italy and the Axis in Allied propaganda
- Who betrayed their country?
- The origins of war memory
- 'Italy won too': atonement and redemption of a 'nation underground'
- Forgetting the Axis
- 'Good Italians' and 'bad Germans'
- Humans or Germans?
- Conclusion
- Index
- Notes:
- Translated from the Italian.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 4, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781526181381
- 152618138X
- 9781526157140
- 1526157144
- 9781526157126
- 1526157128
- OCLC:
- 1395948921
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