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Entry: D'Annunzio, Mussolini, and the Fate of Empires Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/dannunzio_mussolini_and_the_fate_of_empires#5410 Post contents: Well, I can't refrain from adding a couple of points: the Italians did well when they truly disliked their foe --- witness their splendid record against the reds in Spain (during the Civil War) and on the Eastern Front against the SOviets. They even gave better then they got against the Japanese in Tientsin in 1943 (admittedly they were woefully outnumbered). Of course, at that time they also did far better against the Germans then their being outmanoeuvred and outgunned would have suggested. But I do agree --- the Risorgimento created a country with some basic fault-lines badly papered over. I must also add that had the British, French, and Italians backed the Greeks and the new Armenian government against Ataturk, Greece, Armenia (and maybe even Turlkeyy) would be a lot better off to0day (as would the British, French, and Italians). Sent at: 2008 09 06