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Italian Military Operations Abroad

Just Don't Call it War

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Piero Ignazi

    1. University of Bologna, Italy

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  2. Giampiero Giacomello

    1. University of Bologna, Italy

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  3. Fabrizio Coticchia

    1. CDG Laboratory - Conflict, Development and Global Politics, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Piero Ignazi, Giampiero Giacomello, Fabrizio Coticchia
    Pages 1-7

  3. The Foreign Policy of a Latecomer

    • Piero Ignazi, Giampiero Giacomello, Fabrizio Coticchia
    Pages 8-41

  4. The Political Interpretation of Italy’s Military Operations Abroad

    • Piero Ignazi, Giampiero Giacomello, Fabrizio Coticchia
    Pages 42-82

  5. From the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Italy’s Military Missions 1990–2001

    • Piero Ignazi, Giampiero Giacomello, Fabrizio Coticchia
    Pages 83-126

  6. From the Fall of the Twin Towers: Italy’s Military Missions 2001–8

    • Piero Ignazi, Giampiero Giacomello, Fabrizio Coticchia
    Pages 127-159

  7. Treading on Thin Ice: Italy’s Debate on Security and Defence

    • Piero Ignazi, Giampiero Giacomello, Fabrizio Coticchia
    Pages 160-181

  8. Conclusions

    • Piero Ignazi, Giampiero Giacomello, Fabrizio Coticchia
    Pages 182-186

  9. Afterword: A View from the Ground

    • Gianmarco Badialetti
    Pages 187-193

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 194-265
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Peace support operations are one of the most important tools in the foreign policy of Western democracies. This book is a study of Italian military operations in the last twenty years. Italy's operations are examined through an analysis of parliamentary debates and interviews with leading policy-makers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Bologna, Italy

    Piero Ignazi, Giampiero Giacomello

  • CDG Laboratory - Conflict, Development and Global Politics, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy

    Fabrizio Coticchia

About the authors

PIERO IGNAZI Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Bologna, Italy. He is Chairman of the Research Committee for Political Sociology of IPSA and ISA. He has worked extensively on party systems in Italy and Europe. His most recent publication is Extreme Right Parties in Western Europe (2006, 2nd expanded and updated edition).
GIAMPIERO GIACOMELLO Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Bologna, Italy, and Adjunct Professor of European Studies at the James Madison University EU Policy Studies M.A. programme, Florence, Italy. His latest publication is Security in the West (2009, edited with C. Nation).
FABRIZIO COTICCHIA Research Fellow at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy. His research interests are international relations, conflict and post-conflict studies, development and institutional change.

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