{"product_id":"a-civil-war-a-history-of-the-italian-resistance-claudio-pavone","title":"A Civil War: A History of the Italian Resistance – Claudio Pavone","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-teaser\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-teaser\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-teaser\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable with shipping in the US\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand UK only.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cheader\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-detail__byline\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction by Stanislao Pugliese\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-detail__byline\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by Peter Levy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Among the few indisputable masterpieces of contemporary history.” — \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Civil War\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a history of the wartime Italian Resistance, recounted by a historian who, when only a boy, took part in the struggle against Mussolini’s fascist Republic. Since its publication in Italy, Claudio Pavone’s masterwork has become indispensable to anyone seeking to understand this period and its continuing importance for the nation’s identity.\u003cbr\u003ePavone casts a sober eye on his protagonists’ ethical and ideological motivations. He uncovers a multilayered conflict, in which class antagonisms, patriotism and political ideals all played a part. A clear understanding of this complexity allows him to explain many details of the post-war transition, as well as the legacy of the Resistance for modern Italy. In addition to being a monumental work of scholarship,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Civil War\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a folk history, capturing events, personalities and attitudes that were on the verge of slipping entirely out of recollection to the detriment of Italy’s understanding of itself and its past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePavone’s great work is among the few indisputable masterpieces of contemporary history. But more than this, it is a unique meditation on the passions and tensions that continue to swirl beneath the surface of modern politics.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMark Mazower, Financial Times\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery few books change an entire perspective on a crucial period of history. Claudio Pavone’s A Civil War is one of those books … [This] edition of Pavone’s masterpiece is something to be cherished.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVerso’s decision to publish an integral English edition of Una guerra civile merits high praise.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhilip Cooke, Journal of Modern History\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere have not been, in the past few years, many books on history and politics that have sparked such a vast and heated debate as the one arising with the publication of A Civil War by Claudio Pavone.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNorberto Bobbio, author of The Future of Democracy\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most beautiful book written to date on the Italian Resistance.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eL’Unità\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn essential book on the Resistance struggle.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCorriere della Sera\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most important essay on the Resistance.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLa Stampa\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn essential book—the best book on the Resistance to date—which changes the way we look at that phenomenon, engaging dispassionately with its key and controversial moments: the civil war, violence, ideology, the relationship with the allies.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLa Repubblica\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePassionate and fascinating, well documented in the slightest detail, radical in its themes and solutions. And it is also, in some regards, definitive, the final end of an ideal historiographical tradition begun with Battaglia in his Storia della Resistenza Italiana in 1964.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMarco Revelli, L’Indice\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePaperback \/ \u003c\/span\u003e768 pages \/ October 2014 \/ ISBN 9781781687772\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"c-product-reviews\"\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-reviews js-isReadmoreized\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55920608804937,"sku":"fza1787265953781","price":27.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0937\/7185\/7993\/files\/a-civil-war-a-history-of-the-italian-resistance-claudio-pavone_1.webp?v=1787265958","url":"https:\/\/streetclad.shop\/products\/a-civil-war-a-history-of-the-italian-resistance-claudio-pavone","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}