The white war : life and death on the Italian front, 1915-1919 /

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Author / Creator:Thompson, Mark, 1959-
Imprint:New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2009, c2008.
Description:x, 454 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7551818
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ISBN:9780465013295 (US)
9780571223336 (UK)
0571223338 (UK)
9780465013296
0465013295
Notes:"First published in Great Britain in 2008 by Faber and Faber Limited"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-439) and index.
Summary:"In May 1915, Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire, hoping to seize its "lost" territories of Trieste and Tyrol. The result was one of the most hopeless and senseless wars of modern times. Nearly 700,000 Italians and perhaps half as many Austro-Hungarian troops were killed, with most of the deaths occurring on the bare, stony hills north of Trieste, and in the snows of the Dolomites. Outsiders who witnessed these battles were awestruck by the incredible difficulty of attacking on such terrain. To maintain discipline in the face of desperation and low morale, the Italian chief of general staff restored the Roman practice of decimation, executing random members of units that retreated or rebelled. Italy was plunged into chaos and, eventually, fascism. Some would say it has never recovered from the havoc of World War I." "Mark Thompson relates the saga of the Italian front. Not merely a history of the cruelty and destruction of battle, The White War tells the story of the nationalist frenzy that preceded the conflict, the poetry it inspired, the haunting landscapes and political intrigues, and the outsize personalities of the statesmen, generals, and writers who were drawn into the heart of the chaos."--BOOK JACKET.

MARC

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505 0 |a Introduction : " Italians! Go back!" -- A mania for expansion -- "We two alone" -- Free spirits -- Cadorna's clenched fist -- The solemn hour strikes -- A gift from heaven -- Walls of iron, clouds of fire -- Trento and Trieste! -- From position to attrition -- The dreaming barbarian -- Walking shapes of mud -- Year zero -- A necessary holocaust? -- The return blow -- Victory's peak -- Starlight from violence -- Whiteness -- Forging victory -- Not dying for the Fatherland -- The gospel of energy -- Into a cauldron -- Mystical sadism -- Another second of life -- The traitor of Carzano -- Caporetto : the flashing sword of vengeance -- Resurrection -- From victory to disaster -- End of the line -- Appendix : free from the Alps to the Adriatic. 
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