TY - BOOK AU - Gilbert,Mark TI - Italy reborn: from fascism to democracy SN - 9780393867084 (hardcover) AV - 324 DG 577.5 G465i 2024 U1 - 945.092 PY - 2024/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - W.W. Norton & Company, KW - Fascism KW - Italy KW - History KW - Fascismo KW - Italia KW - Historia KW - Democracy KW - Democracia KW - Politicians KW - 20th century KW - Políticos KW - Siglo XX KW - Politics and government KW - Política y gobierno KW - Italie KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1: humiliation -- Undemocratic Italy -- Into the abyss -- The emergence of the parties -- Resistance and liberation -- The republic -- Faltering steps -- Part 2: renewal -- Hinge year -- Moment of truth -- Cold War nation -- Precarious centre -- The centre holds -- A realist and a democrat N2 - "The rebuilding of Italy after the Second World War is one of the most impressive political transformations in modern European history. In 1945, post-fascist Italy was devastated by war, and its reputation in the international arena was nil. Yet by December 1955, when Italy was admitted to the United Nations, the nation had contested three acrimonious but free general elections, had a flourishing press, and was a leader in rebuilding Europe"--Front jacket flap ER -