Fascist Italy and the League of Nations, 1922-1935

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-349-95709-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 319 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 436 g

This book analyses the relationship between Fascist Italy and the League of Nations in the interwar years. By uncovering the traces of those Italians working in the organization, this volume investigates Fascist Italy’s membership of the League, and explores the dynamics between nationalism and internationalism in Geneva. The relationship between Fascist Italy and the League of Nations was contradictory, shifting from active collaboration to open disagreement. Previous literature has not reflected this oscillation in policy, focusing disproportionally on the problems Italy caused for the League, such as the Ethiopian crisis. Yet Fascist Italy remained in the League for more than fifteen years, and was the third largest power within the institution. How did a Fascist dictatorship fit into an organization espousing principles of liberal internationalism? By using archival sources from four countries, Elisabetta Tollardo shows that Fascist Italy was much more concerned with, and involved in, the League than currently believed.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tollardo, Elisabetta

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Faschismus, Rechtsextremismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- 1. The Italian State and the League of Nations.- 2. Italian Civil Servants in the League of Nations’ Secretariat.- 3. Italian Civil Servants and Fascism in Geneva.- 4. Italian Expertise and the League of Nations.- 5. The ‘Internationalisation’ of the Italians in the League.- Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Elisabetta Tollardo received her doctorate in history from the University of Oxford, UK. Her dissertation was awarded the British International History Group Thesis Prize in 2015.