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The first comprehensive history of Italian Socialism in English, this book ranges from the defeat of Socialism by Mussolini in 1926 to its resurgence as a powerful force in Italian politics today. Di Scala has not only combed the archives of Italy and America, but also interviewed an array of prominent Italian and American sources, providing testimonies that are themselves likely to become important historical documents. His sweeping, intensive survey sheds new light on important Socialists such as Rodolfo Morandi and Pietro Nenni, and highlights the tremendous accomplishments of Italy's first Socialist prime minister, Bettino Craxi. Di Scala demonstrates that through a remarkable intellectual and political revival, the Socialists overcame their subjection by the Communists and Christian Democrats and went on to radically transform the politics, economy, and international affairs of modern Italy.

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One of the most complete works available to date in English on the history of the Italian Socialist Party....[It] is also a welcome contribution to the understanding of modern Italian politics. --Italian Politics & Society<br> As far as events of the last twenty years are concerned, there are few book even among the works of Italian authors which are based upon such a detailed and deep investigation. --Il Messaggero (Rome)<br> As an account of the PSI's role in Italian politics in the last fifty years, this work is indispensable. --Annals of the American Academy<br> A provocative, well-researched history of the PSI. --Journal of European Economic History<br> A detailed account of [the Italian Socialist] party's history from the 1930s to the present....An excellent history. --Choice<br>

<br> One of the most complete works available to date in English on the history of the Italian Socialist Party....[It] is also a welcome contribution to the understanding of modern Italian politics. --Italian Politics & Society<p><br> As far as events of the last twenty years are concerned, there are few book even among the works of Italian authors which are based upon such a detailed and deep investigation. --Il Messaggero (Rome)<p><br> As an account of the PSI's role in Italian politics in the last fifty years, this work is indispensable. --Annals of the American Academy<p><br> A provocative, well-researched history of the PSI. --Journal of European Economic History<p><br> A detailed account of [the Italian Socialist] party's history from the 1930s to the present....An excellent history. --Choice<p><br>

`Spencer Di Scala, the author of a fine study of Filippo Turati, Dilemmas of Italian Socialism, has now written an equally good history of the post-1945 Italian Socialist party (PSI) ... The result is a provocative, well-researched history of the PSI, based on a combination of archival work, interviews with major protagonists, and a comprehensive survey of socialist periodicals and secondary sources ... it is a tribute to the author's scholarship and objectivity that, despite his ultimately favourable judgement of Craxi, the reader has ample material from which to draw quite different conclusions about the new PSI.' Journal of European Economic History 'For those who like blow-by-blow hagiography, this will appeal. Others may find it useful for the mass of inside information Mr Di Scala has had access to.' Paul Furlong, University of Hull, Political Studies

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