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Article: Arrigo Petacco. A Tragedy Revealed: The Story of ltalians From Istria, Dalmatia, and Venezia Giulia, 1943-1956.(Book review)
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- Italica
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- June 22, 2007
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Arrigo Petacco. A Tragedy Revealed: The Story of ltalians From Istria, Dalmatia, and Venezia Giulia, 1943-1956. Trans. Konrad Eisenbichler. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 2005.
For more than fifty years, historical attention to the tragedy of ethnic cleansing enacted by Yugoslavians upon Italians during and after World War II has received short shrift. The weight of political correctness negated open and honest discussion primarily for two reasons. First, the Italian government, trying to set itself aright in the dopoguerra, had insufficient political clout to gain international assistance that could have curtailed Yugoslavian aggression. This lack of power made the ...
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