Complex sentence: He believed then, along with many Italians of the time, that this was the chance for Italy to bring civilization to the'savage' world of Africa, an enthusiasm that Montanelli blamed also on his passion for the works of Rudyard Kipling.
Split into simpler sentences: He believed then, along with many Italians of the time, that this was the chance for Italy to bring civilization to the'savage' world of Africa. An enthusiasm that Montanelli blamed also on his passion for the works of Rudyard Kipling.