Title: The Force of Destiny
First published: 2007
Description: The greatness of Italy's culture and way of life have had a powerful attraction for many generations of visitors. This has created an overwhelming sense that Italy is a fundamentally benign and easy going country. The Force of Destiny, Christopher Duggan's immensely enjoyable new book, lays waste to this idea. While sharing everyone's enthusiasm for Italy as a place, he strongly distinguishes this from its political role over the past two centuries, which has been both vicious and ruinous for Europe as a whole.
Subjects: Nonfiction, History, Italy, history, Dg551 .d84 2007, 945
Places: Italy
Time periods: 20th century, 19th century
LC classification: DG551 .D84 2007