Strategic Culture and Italy's Military Behavior Between Pacifism and Realpolitik
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Paolo Rosa is associate professor of political science in the Department of Sociology and Social Research and the School of International Studies at the University of Trento.Italy’s role as an almost classic middle power in international politics has for too long been neglected by scholars of European foreign policy. This scholarly study now fills that gap. A most welcome—and long overdue—addition to the literature.
- Michael Cox, Professor and Director, LSE IDEAS,
Rosa’s book provides the first systematic and in-depth examination of the evolution of Italian strategic culture in the Post-World War II period from realpolitik to accommodationist, a process due primarily to the unholy convergence of the Catholic and Communist sub-cultures. Besides providing a strong explanation for the continuity in Italian foreign policy, the book also underlines the serious limitations that such strategic culture represents to Italy’s aspirations to play a central role in the provision of collective security in the Mediterranean. For this reason, it should be required reading not only for all scholars of the Atlantic Alliance, but also for Western, and above all, Italian, policy-makers.
- Osvaldo Croci, Memorial University,