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In this chapter we analyse post-war IFP since 1861, when Italy was constituted. Decisions taken by national rulers at crucial junctures will be scrutinized on the basis of their congruence with the preferences, values, images and ideas that were forged during the journey that led Italy, one of the oldest European nations, to finally become a fully fledged nation-state. The elites’ national identity and visions for the role of the new state provided them with the social norms which defined the appropriate behaviour in every circumstance, and especially in the crafting of foreign policy.
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© 2012 Piero Ignazi, Giampiero Giacomello and Fabrizio Coticchia
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Ignazi, P., Giacomello, G., Coticchia, F. (2012). The Foreign Policy of a Latecomer. In: Italian Military Operations Abroad. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230368286_2
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