As Cruel as Anyone Else

Italians, Colonies and Empire

Angelo Del Boca, Richard Braude, Richard Braude

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English

Seagull Books London Ltd
12 November 2024

European history; Colonialism & imperialism

Series: The Italian List

Reveals a dark chapter in the Italian government's colonial history that has been largely hidden from view.

Between the end of the nineteenth century and over the first half of the twentieth, Italy invaded and occupied the Horn of Africa, Libya, and several other territories. Yet recognition of this history of colonial destruction, racist violence, and genocidal aerial and chemical warfare—carried out not only during the Fascist dictatorship but also under preceding liberal governments—has been consistently repressed beneath the myth that the Italians never truly practiced colonialism.

The late journalist, historian, novelist, campaigner, and former Resistance fighter Angelo Del Boca dismantles this myth. He expertly narrates episodes of state violence committed by Italians both abroad—from Ethiopia to Slovenia, from China to Libya—and ""at home"" during the civil war following Unification in the 1860s or when the anti-Fascist Resistance faced off against the Republic of Salò after 1943. Attentive to the losses and pain suffered by all sides in war, Del Boca deftly demonstrates how such violence was not only a tool of domination but has also been central to creating and shaping an Italian ""people.""

Drawing on a lifetime of interviews as a special correspondent, decades of work in private and state archives, and his own experiences during the Second World War, Del Boca's popular and influential work has contributed to overturning views of Italian history. Presenting many historical episodes in English for the first time, As Cruel as Anyone Else provides a key to reading contemporary Italy, its place in international politics, and the disturbing permanence of the far-right within mainstream Italian politics.

By: Angelo Del Boca
Introduction by: Richard Braude
Translated by: Richard Braude
Imprint: Seagull Books London Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 739g
ISBN: 9781803093482
ISBN 10: 180309348X
Series: The Italian List
Pages: 452
Publication Date: 12 November 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Translator’s Introduction Premise Chapter 1. Making Italians Chapter 2. The War on Bandits Chapter 3. The Hell of Nokra Chapter 4. Up Against the Boxers in China Chapter 5. Shar al-Shatt: Massacres and Deportations Chapter 6. The Crimes of General Cadorna Chapter 7. The Slaves of Webi Shabeelle Chapter 8. In Suluq as in Auschwitz Chapter 9. Storms of Mustard Gas Chapter 10. Debre Libanos: A Final Solution Chapter 11. Slovenia: An Attempt at Ethnic Cleansing Chapter 12. The Reckoning Chapter 13. Everyone’s Rich, Happy and Anti-Communist

Angelo Del Boca (1925–2021) was a foundational historian of Italian colonialism whose four-volume The Italians in East Africa remains a central resource for scholars. He was the author of dozens of books, including histories, journalistic inquiries, interviews, short stories, and memoirs. Richard Braude is a translator and writer living in Palermo, Italy.