This is Volume VIII of eleven in a collection of works on Foreign Policies of the Great Powers. Originally published in 1975, and looks at the polices of Italy from 1870 to 1940 including topics from independence to alliance, Mancini, Robilant, the Crispi period, the Prinetti-Barrere agreement, War during 1914 and 15, Mussolini, Italo-French relations, The Rome-berlin Axis, and the war in 1940.

This is Volume VIII of eleven in a collection of works on Foreign Policies of the Great Powers. Originally published in 1975, and looks at the polices of Italy from 1870 to 1940 including topics from independence to alliance, Mancini, Robilant, the Crispi period, the Prinetti-Barrere agreement, War during 1914 and 15, Mussolini, Italo-French relations, The Rome-berlin Axis, and the war in 1940.

Study of the relationship between the military and foreign policies of Fascist Italy, 1922 to 1940.

This is a new release of the original 1949 edition.

ItalyÆs Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century: The New Assertiveness of an Aspiring Middle Power, edited by Giampiero Giacomello and Bertjan Verbeek, shows how changes in ItalyÆs international and domestic environment since the early 1990s have affected ItalyÆs foreign policy and raised its aspiration to become, and be treated as, a middle power. The contributors theoretically engage with both rationalist and constructivist accounts of middle-power. The contributors theoretical engage with both rationalist and constructivist accounts of middle-power behavior. They reveal that the end of the Cold War, the advent of globalization, and the rise in institutionalized regional cooperation have increased ItalyÆs freedom to maneuver. At the same time, however, these changes have decreased ItalyÆs policy freedom as a result of delegation of policy competencies to the European Union and the need for cooperation in a globalized world. Domestic changes, notably the transition from the First to the Second Republic and the transformation of political leadership under Prime Minister Silivio Berlusconi, have altered the way domestic politics is played out in foreign policy. Rather than adopting the more common focus on ItalyÆs bilateral relations with other counties or regions, this collection centers on actors, issues and policy instruments in vital areas of ItalyÆs foreign policy. In addition, it discusses the search for ItalyÆs position in global affairs and emphasized the importance of leadership styles, domestic political agendas, and party rhetoric in determining ItalyÆs foreign policy. As Giacomello and VerbeekÆs volume demonstrates, consistency with such strategic prescription has always been a problematic undertaking for various Italian governments. Book jacket.

"A superb book.…Mearsheimer has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the behavior of great powers."—Barry R. Posen, The National Interest The updated edition of this classic treatise on the behavior of great powers takes a penetrating look at the question likely to dominate international relations in the twenty-first century: Can China rise peacefully? In clear, eloquent prose, John Mearsheimer explains why the answer is no: a rising China will seek to dominate Asia, while the United States, determined to remain the world's sole regional hegemon, will go to great lengths to prevent that from happening. The tragedy of great power politics is inescapable.