Angelo Del Boca (1925–2021) was a foundational historian of Italian colonialism whose four-volume The Italians in East Africa remains a central resource for scholars. He was the author of dozens of books, including histories, journalistic inquiries, interviews, short stories, and memoirs. Richard Braude is a translator and writer living in Palermo, Italy.

"This volume by Del Boca, a celebrated historian of Italian colonialism, a novelist, and a journalist, comprises 13 chapters concerned with episodes of exceptional cruelty in the history of Italy and their impact. Although the text spans 150 years, covering the 19th century into much of the 20th, this is not a broad, general history of Italian colonialism. Rather, it offers a narrative account of the use of violence, often state-directed, by Italians and directed against each other and others. . . . A narrative of actions by and against Mussolini’s final regime at Salò, including repression committed by Communist partisans, is especially noteworthy. . . . Recommended."

• Translator’s IntroductionPremiseChapter 1. Making ItaliansChapter 2. The War on BanditsChapter 3. The Hell of NokraChapter 4. Up Against the Boxers in ChinaChapter 5. Shar al-Shatt: Massacres and DeportationsChapter 6. The Crimes of General CadornaChapter 7. The Slaves of Webi ShabeelleChapter 8. In Suluq as in AuschwitzChapter 9. Storms of Mustard GasChapter 10. Debre Libanos: A Final SolutionChapter 11. Slovenia: An Attempt at Ethnic CleansingChapter 12. The ReckoningChapter 13. Everyone’s Rich, Happy and Anti-Communist

Angelo Del Boca (1925–2021) was a foundational historian of Italian colonialism whose four-volume The Italians in East Africa remains a central resource for scholars. He was the author of dozens of books, including histories, journalistic inquiries, interviews, short stories, and memoirs. Richard Braude is a translator and writer living in Palermo, Italy.

"This volume by Del Boca, a celebrated historian of Italian colonialism, a novelist, and a journalist, comprises 13 chapters concerned with episodes of exceptional cruelty in the history of Italy and their impact. Although the text spans 150 years, covering the 19th century into much of the 20th, this is not a broad, general history of Italian colonialism. Rather, it offers a narrative account of the use of violence, often state-directed, by Italians and directed against each other and others. . . . A narrative of actions by and against Mussolini’s final regime at Salò, including repression committed by Communist partisans, is especially noteworthy. . . . Recommended."

• Translator’s IntroductionPremiseChapter 1. Making ItaliansChapter 2. The War on BanditsChapter 3. The Hell of NokraChapter 4. Up Against the Boxers in ChinaChapter 5. Shar al-Shatt: Massacres and DeportationsChapter 6. The Crimes of General CadornaChapter 7. The Slaves of Webi ShabeelleChapter 8. In Suluq as in AuschwitzChapter 9. Storms of Mustard GasChapter 10. Debre Libanos: A Final SolutionChapter 11. Slovenia: An Attempt at Ethnic CleansingChapter 12. The ReckoningChapter 13. Everyone’s Rich, Happy and Anti-Communist

Angelo Del Boca (1925–2021) was a foundational historian of Italian colonialism whose four-volume The Italians in East Africa remains a central resource for scholars. He was the author of dozens of books, including histories, journalistic inquiries, interviews, short stories, and memoirs. Richard Braude is a translator and writer living in Palermo, Italy.

"This volume by Del Boca, a celebrated historian of Italian colonialism, a novelist, and a journalist, comprises 13 chapters concerned with episodes of exceptional cruelty in the history of Italy and their impact. Although the text spans 150 years, covering the 19th century into much of the 20th, this is not a broad, general history of Italian colonialism. Rather, it offers a narrative account of the use of violence, often state-directed, by Italians and directed against each other and others. . . . A narrative of actions by and against Mussolini’s final regime at Salò, including repression committed by Communist partisans, is especially noteworthy. . . . Recommended."

• Translator’s IntroductionPremiseChapter 1. Making ItaliansChapter 2. The War on BanditsChapter 3. The Hell of NokraChapter 4. Up Against the Boxers in ChinaChapter 5. Shar al-Shatt: Massacres and DeportationsChapter 6. The Crimes of General CadornaChapter 7. The Slaves of Webi ShabeelleChapter 8. In Suluq as in AuschwitzChapter 9. Storms of Mustard GasChapter 10. Debre Libanos: A Final SolutionChapter 11. Slovenia: An Attempt at Ethnic CleansingChapter 12. The ReckoningChapter 13. Everyone’s Rich, Happy and Anti-Communist