Schedule of topics
January
21 Introduction and Overview. Italy and the Great War. The Peace Settlement. MS: 271-282.
23 The Post War Crisis.The Socialist Revolutionary Offensive and the Emergence of Fascism. I MS: 282-294; DG: 3-40.
28 The Socialist Revolutionary Offensive and the Emergence of Fascism. II. MS: 282-294; DG: 3-40. Schnapp: 3-45
30 The Breakdown of Liberal Italy: Mussolini’s March On Rome. MS: 295-322; DG: 3-40.
February
4 1922-1925 Mussolini as “Constitutional” Prime Minister. MS: 322-328; DG 41-57. Schnapp: 75-124
6 The "Stato Nuovo" (The New State). MS: 329-347; DG: 58-77. Schnapp: 46-71, 208-241, 297-317.
11 1930-1936: The years of Consensus. The Totalitarian Experiment. MS: 347-367; DG: 78-91; Schnapp: 141-171, 243-255
13 Fascist Foreign Policy. I. 1922-1935. MS: 383-389; DG: 92-104.
18 Fascist Foreign Policy. II. 1935-1938. MS: 389-396; DG: 92-119.
20 The Racial Laws and the Regime’s “Semi-Nazification”. MS: 367-380; DG: 92-119; Schnapp: 172-184
25 Mussolini” s “Parallel War.” Defeat and Downfall of Fascism. MS: 397-414; DG:92-129.
27 German Invasion and Civil War: The “Kingdom the South”, Resistance and the Fascist Republic of Salò. MS: 417-422; DG: 130-137; GH: 8-71.
March
3 The Birth of the Republic. The 1948 Constitution. MS: 422-424; GH: 72-12.
5 Midterm Examination
17 The 1950’s: Italy between recovery and stagnation. MS:425-443; GH: 141-209
19 1960’s: The “Economic Miracle.” The Socio-Economic transformation of Italy. MS: 443-451; GH: 210-297.
24 Italian Foreign Policy during the Cold War: Nato and European Integration.
26 The “Southern Question:” The Policies of Stat Intervention and Financing in the South. GH: 121-140.
31 Economic Change and Social Mobilization. Student and Worker Protest: 1968 and 1973.MS: 455-458; GH: 298-347.
April
2 The Communist Party, the Christian Democrats and the Challenge of Terrorism: the “Historic Compromise” MS: 458-467; GH: 348-405.
7 The 1980”s: the crisis of Communism and the rise of Craxi. MS: 467-474.
9 Kick -back City,” operation “Clean Hands” and the Collapse of the First Republic MS: 474-479.
14 1992-1994: The Emergence of a New Political System? MS: 479-486.
16 Berlusconi’s First Try. MS: 486-491; .
21 The Long Road Towards a New Republic. MS: 491-497.
23 Prodi, D’Alema and Amato...
28 Berlusconi and Prodi.
30 Italy after Berlusconi.