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Image credit: Susan Forrest (LT Mark Thompson #1) 06-02-09 Stonewall Anniversary History panel, City of West Hollywood.

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The Encyclopedia of the Dead (1983) — Contribuinte, algumas edições563 cópias
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg (2007) — Tradutor, algumas edições422 cópias
Why Bosnia? Writings on the Balkan War (1993) — Contribuinte — 32 cópias

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This is a comprehensive look at the Italian fronts from WW I. In addition to covering the battles, the book also discusses the Italian politics around the war. Austrian politics and strategy are also discussed but only briefly. What was particularly useful in the book were the discussions of Italian literature, art, and journalism as impacted by the war.

Focusing on Italy actually helped me understand the wider picture of WW I. I had recently taken a long hiking trip along the Isonzo front so was familiar with many of the battle sites. Slovenia and Italy have created a memorial hike called the Walk of Peace that visits many of the WW I battle scenes.

The biggest weakness of the book is the lack of maps and the exclusive use of Italian place names. The Italians and Austrians had very different names for towns and mountains. Most of the area covered in the book is in present-day Slovenia so the Italian place names are not used in any of the current maps of the area. The maps included in the book are too few to make up for this deficiency.
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M_Clark | outras 19 resenhas | Dec 28, 2023 |
Agli albori del 1915 l’Italia è una nazione ancora da forgiare: non c’è una lingua, non c’è un sentimento comune. Gli italiani devono temprarsi in una solida unità nazionale. La soluzione è la guerra, la fucina il campo di battaglia. A pagarne il prezzo saranno i giovani costretti in un fronte che corre per seicento chilometri, dalle Dolomiti all’Adriatico. Combatteranno in un biancore di pietre e di neve che dura tutto l’anno, saranno uniti nella paura e nell’angoscia, uccideranno. Nel 1919 chi alla patria aveva dato tutto si lascia conquistare dalla «trincerocrazia» di Mussolini e dall’idea che la Grande guerra costituisca il fondamento della nazione. Si prepara così la scena per l’avvento del fascismo. Valorizzando fonti come i diari dell’epoca e le interviste ai veterani, lo storico inglese Mark Thompson con La guerra bianca restituisce il pathos degli assalti alle trincee, ripercorre con sobrietà e precisione l’epica del fronte italiano, mette a nudo la foga nazionalistica e gli intrighi politici che hanno preceduto il conflitto.… (mais)
 
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kikka62 | outras 19 resenhas | Mar 20, 2020 |
My great grandfather was a Seargent Major in the Italian Infantry in this war. He was captured by the Austrians and kept for almost 3 years. He escaped late in the war and passed down a journal with his retelling of his time in the war. A tremendous treasure. This book did a great job filling in the history and details of the political climate surrounding the war that I did not know.
 
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VinceLaFratta | outras 19 resenhas | Sep 25, 2018 |
My great grandfather was a Seargent Major in the Italian Infantry in this war. He was captured by the Austrians and kept for almost 3 years. He escaped late in the war and passed down a journal with his retelling of his time in the war. A tremendous treasure. This book did a great job filling in the history and details of the political climate surrounding the war that I did not know.
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VinceLa | outras 19 resenhas | Sep 23, 2018 |

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