Diary, 1937-1943
By: Caleazzo Ciano ; preface by Renzo De Felice ; original introduction by Summer Welles.
Contributors: Miller, Robert L. 1945-; Pugliese, Stanislao G., 1965-
Edition: 1st complete and unabridged English ed.
Publisher: Enigma Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 624
Subjects: Ciano, Galeazzo, conte, 1903-1944 -- Diaries.; Fascism -- Italy -- History -- Sources.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Sources.; Fascists -- Italy -- Diaries.; Cabinet officers -- Italy -- Diaries.; Italy -- Foreign relations -- 1922-1945 -- Sources.
Genres: Diaries.; Sources.
Description: "Galeazzo Ciano was Foreign Minister in the Italian Fascist government of Benito Mussolini from June 10, 1936 to February 8, 1943. He was also the Duce's son-in-law, having married the dictator's eldest daughter, Edda. After being an ardent promoter of the alliance with Hitler's Germany, Ciano began having serious second thoughts in 1939. By 1941 he had clearly become persona non grata to the Nazi leadership, and especially to Adolf Hitler and his Foreign Minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop.".

"On July 25, 1943, Ciano voted against Mussolini during the fateful meeting of the Fascist Grand Council. Arrested by the Nazis, he was tried for treason by a Fascist court in Verona, condemned to death by firing squad, and executed on January 11, 1944, with other Fascist leaders who had also voted against Mussolini.".

"Ciano's diary was considered a major source of embarrassment for the Nazis. It gives an unflattering but realistic picture of the Nazi leadership bent on war, murder and destruction. The Nazis made every effort to recover the Diary, which was smuggled out of Italy by Ciano's wife. She took portions containing the years 1939-1943.

The years 1937-1938 remained in Italy and were stolen by the Gestapo, then retrieved and published separately until they were restored to their original form and published in the Italian edition."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "Translated from the Italian by Robert L. Miller and co-edited by Stanislao G. Pugliese for 1937-1938. Translated from the Italian by V. Umberto Coletti-Perucca and edited by Hugh Gibson for 1939-1943, extensively revised by Robert L. Miller and co-edited by Stanislao G. Pugliese"--T.p. verso.