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Italian Problems in War and Peace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2009

Luigi Sturzo
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Italy is quite a mystery for many people. If we examine public opinion in the Allied countries, we soon realize that Italy was misunderstood during the “non-belligerency” period, has been studied little since her entrance into the war, is often disparaged for her military contribution, ignored in regard to her political importance, and neglected in the plans for European reconstruction.

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The Review of Politics , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 1943 , pp. 55 - 81
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Copyright © University of Notre Dame 1943

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References

1 Mussolini, said (12 2, 1942) that: “No one expected France to collapse so suddenly.”Google Scholar … “France still had an air force and navy intact, when Italy declared war.”

2 MrRoosevelt, declared, (10 27, 1942) that “The Atlantic Charter applies to all humanity.”Google ScholarMrBerle, A. A., Assistant Secretary of State, told a large Italian gathering in New York (11. 11, 1942)Google Scholar that “the nationhood of Italy was guaranteed by the Atlatic Charter.” But such a Charter is, till now, a personal document not yet endorsed by the American Congress and the British Parliament.

3 Fascist “confino” is not always a concentration camp; it may be a confinement under supervision of the police in a village or in a zone which must not be passed.

4 Words in parentheses are mine.

5 In a special declaration just published by Nazioni Unile of New York (11 26, 1942), the Mazzini Society affirms, “that Italian Republic must respect loyally the liberty of the pope as a chief of the Catholic international Church; that the rights of the Vatican City must be confirmed. But … all privileges of civil and political character given (to the Holy See) by the Lateran Concordat must be abolished without exception; State and Church in Italy must be separated; all religious denominations must have equal rights and protecticn under a commcn law”Google Scholar.

6 Faber and Gywen, London; Harcourt and Brace, New York.

7 See “Italy of Tomorrow” by Stirzo, Luigi, New Euronpe, 04, 1941Google Scholar.