The Italian Empire and the Great War

by Vanda Wilcox

The Italian Empire and the Great War brings an imperial and colonial perspective to the Italian experience of the First World War. Italy's decision for war in 1915 built directly on Italian imperial ambitions from the late nineteenth century onwards, and its conquest of Libya in 1911-12. The Italian empire was conceived both as a system of overseas colonies under Italian sovereignty, and as an informal global empire of emigrants; both were mobilized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198822944
• ISBN13: 9780198822943
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"