x, 772 pages : 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 714-725) and index

Preface -- Prologue: Unification 1859-70 -- Part I. Consolidation 1870-87: Right and Left ; Italy under Depretis ; From isolation to the Triple Alliance -- Part II. Stresses and Strains 1887-1901: Crispi and Heyday of the Triple Alliance 1887-93 ; The crisis of the Liberal State 1894-1901 ; The Church under Leo XIII -- Part III. Expansion 1901-14: The new liberalism 1901-11 ; Italy under Giolitti ; The decline of the Triple Alliance ; From Tripoli to Sarajevo 1911-14 -- Part IV. Crisis 1914-25: The Great War ; The democratic failure 1918-20 ; The fascist challenge 1920-2 ; The fascist triumph 1922-5 ; Epilogue

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