{"product_id":"allied-air-attacks-and-civilian-harm-in-italy-19401945-bombing-among-friends-9781032325965","title":"Allied Air Attacks and Civilian Harm in Italy, 1940-1945: Bombing among Friends","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eDuring World War II, Allied bombing raids in Italy caused significant civilian casualties, with more deaths occurring after the Armistice of September 1943 than before. Allied Air Attacks and Civilian Harm in Italy, 1940–1945 explores the perspectives of Allied political and military leaders, air crews, and Italians to understand the reasons behind this paradox. The book tells the stories of diplomats, military strategists, resistance fighters, and peace activists, providing a people-focused history that draws on a range of eclectic and rarely used sources in English and Italian. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 218 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 22 December 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTens of thousands of Italian civilians perished in the Allied bombing raids of World War II. More of them died \u003ci\u003eafter\u003c\/i\u003e the Armistice of September 1943 than before, when the air attacks were intended to induce Italy’s surrender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAllied Air Attacks and Civilian Harm in Italy, 1940–1945 \u003c\/em\u003eaddresses this seeming paradox, by examining the views of Allied political and military leaders, Allied air crews, and Italians on the ground. It tells the stories of a little-known diplomat (Myron Charles Taylor), military strategist (Solly Zuckerman), resistance fighter (Aldo Quaranta), and peace activist (Vera Brittain) – architects and opponents of the bombing strategies. It describes the fate of ordinary civilians, drawing on a wealth of local and digital archival sources, memoir accounts, novels, and films, including Joseph Heller’s \u003ci\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/i\u003e and John Huston’s \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of San Pietro\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book will be of interest to readers concerned about the ethical, legal, and human dimensions of bombing and its effects on civilians, to students of military strategy and Italian history, and to World War II buffs. They will benefit from a people-focused history that draws on a range of eclectic and rarely used sources in English and Italian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 589g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 234 x 156 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781032325965\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MatthewEvangelista","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44103838236922,"sku":"9781032325965","price":136.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1676038400102_book.jpg?v=1676566107","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/allied-air-attacks-and-civilian-harm-in-italy-19401945-bombing-among-friends-9781032325965","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}