Italy in the Era of the Great War

Vanda Wilcox earned her D.Phil at Oxford University in 2006, and now teaches at John Cabot University and Trinity College Rome Campus. Her publications include Morale and the Italian Army During the First World War (Cambridge University Press, 2016).

• ContentsAcknowledgementsList of Illustrations and TablesList of ContributorsIntroductionVanda Wilcox1 A Military History of the Turco-Italian War (1911-1912) for Libya and Its Impact on Italy’s Entry into the First World WarBruce Vandervort2 The Evolution of Tactical Regulations in the Italian Army in the Great WarFabio Cappellano3 The Italian Air Force from Its Origins to 1923Andrea Ungari4 Discipline and Military Justice in the Italian ArmyIrene Guerrini and Marco Pluviano5 A Machiavellian Ally? Italy in the Entente (1914-1918)Stefano Marcuzzi6 Italy, the Adriatic and the Balkans: From the Great War to the Eve of the Peace ConferenceFrancesco Caccamo7 An Imperial Education for Times of Transition: Italian Conquest, Occupation and Civil Administration of the Southeast Aegean, 1912-23Valerie McGuire8 Inventing Fascism in the Period of Italian Neutrality: the Case of Benito Mussolini, August 1914 – May 1915Paul O’Brien9 Liberalism, Civil Rights, and Reform: Vittorio Emanuele Orlando and the Great WarSpencer di Scala10 Catholic Neutralism and the Peasant Protest against War, 1914-1918Claudia Baldoli11 Demobilisation and Political Violence in Italy, 1918-1922Giulia Albanese12 Women’s Experiences with WarAllison Scardino Belzer13 The Catholic Church and the WarCarlo Stiaccini14 Monetary and Financial Policy and the Crisis of Liberal Italy, 1914-22Douglas J. Forsyth15 The Industrial and Agricultural Mobilization of ItalyFabio Degli Esposti16 Futurism and the Avant-GardesSelena Daly17 The Soldier and the Cinematic Lieutenant. The Great War in Italian Silent Cinema (1915-18)Irene Lottini18 Commemoration and the Cult of the Fallen in ItalyOliver JanzTimeline of Key Events, 1911-1922BibliographyIndex