Pier Paolo Battistelli, Piero Crociani

Broschiertes Buch

Italian Blackshirt 1935-45

Beschreibung

Documents the experiences of the Italian armed Fascist militia, the Camicie Nere (Blackshirts), from the Italian-Ethiopian war of 1935-36, through the Spanish Civil War to the end of WWII. This book explores their origins, development, training, conditions of service, uniforms and equipment, battle experience, political and ideological motivation.

Autor

Pier Paolo Battistelli earned his PhD in military history at the University of Padua. A scholar of German and Italian politics and strategy throughout World War II, he is active in Italy and abroad writing titles and essays on military history subjects. A contributor to the Italian Army Historical Office, he is currently revising his PhD thesis for publication: The War of the Axis: German and Italian Military Partnership in World War Two, 1939-1943. Piero Crociani acts as a consultant for the Italian Army Historical Branch and is the author of several articles, essays and books on Italian military history. Amongst his published words are The Albanians in the Italian Armed Forces (Rome, 2001); The Neapolitan Army 1806-15 (Milan, 1987) and, together with Virgilio Ilari and Giancarlo Boeri, A Military History of Murat's Kingdom (1806-15) (Milan, 2007). The author lives in Italy.

Produktdetails

• Warrior
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 184mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 230g
• ISBN-13: 9781846035050
• ISBN-10: 1846035058
• Artikelnr.: 27082909