R.J.B. Bosworth is Professor of History at the University of Western Australia. He has published widely on modern Italian political and social history, including emigration history, and on historiography.

'A most valuable and original book.' – Lucio Sponza, Italian Studies

• Introduction: The Problem of Italy and the Wider World 1860–1960; Chapter 1 Italian Diplomacy and European Power Politics 1860–1922; Chapter 2 Italian Diplomacy and European Power Politics 1922–60; Chapter 3 The Italian Military in War and Peace 1860–1960; Chapter 4 Italian Commerce and the Wider World 1860–1960; Chapter 5 The Rise and Fall of the Italian Empire 1860–1960; Chapter 6 The Rise and Rise of the Empire of the Italies; Chapter 7 Cultures and Ideology for Export; Chapter 8 Visiting Italy;