Overview
- Analyzes Italy’s international position from the early 1960s until the end of the Cold War
- Develops our understanding of Italy’s internal dynamics by considering Italy’s place in the Atlantic alliance, the European construction and the North-South dialogue
- Argues that Italy’s role in the second half of the twentieth century was more important than previously acknowledged
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World (SCCCW)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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The Political and Diplomatic Dimensions of Italy’s Foreign Policy
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Foreign Policy Goals and Economic Ambitions
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New Approaches to the International System and the Influence of Parties’ Political Cultures
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Antonio Varsori is Professor of History of International Relations at the University of Padova, Italy. He is also member of the Commission for the Publication of Italian Diplomatic Documents at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His most recent publications are L’Italia e la fine della guerra fredda. La politica estera dei governi Andreotti (1989-1992) (2013) and Storia internazionale. Dal 1919 a oggi (2015).
Benedetto Zaccaria is a Research Assistant at the Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre of the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. He is the author of The EEC’s Yugoslav Policy in Cold War Europe, 1968–1980 (2016).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Italy in the International System from Détente to the End of the Cold War
Book Subtitle: The Underrated Ally
Editors: Antonio Varsori, Benedetto Zaccaria
Series Title: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65163-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65162-0Published: 23 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87963-5Published: 31 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65163-7Published: 10 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2731-6807
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6815
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 309
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Italy, Political History, World History, Global and Transnational History, Modern History