A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary, 1939-1940 (New York

A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary, 1939-1940 (New York Review Books Classics)

A harrowing account of life in Italy in the year leading up to World War II, available in the US for the first time.

In 1939 it was not a foregone conclusion that Mussolini would enter World War II on the side of Hitler. In thisÂ previously unpublished and only recently discovered diary, Iris Origo, author of the classic War in Val dâ€™Orcia, provides a vivid account of how Mussolini decided on a course of action that would devastate his country and ultimately destroy his regime.

Though the British-born Origo lived with her Italian husband on an estate in a remote part of Tuscany, she was supremely well-connected and regularly in touch with intellectual and diplomatic circles in Rome, where her godfather, William Phillips, was the American ambassador. Her diary describes the Fascist governmentâ€™s growing infatuation with Nazi Germany as Hitlerâ€™s armies marched triumphantly across Europe and the campaign of propaganda and intimidation that was mounted in support of its new aims. The book ends with the birth of Origoâ€™s daughter and Origoâ€™s decision to go to Rome to work with prisoners of war at the Italian Red Cross.Â

Together with War in Val dâ€™Orcia, A Chill in the Air oï¬€ers an indispensable record of Italy at war as well as a thrilling story of a formidable womanâ€™s transformation from observer to actor at a great historical turning point.
Country USA
Brand New York Review of Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
Color White
ReleaseDate 2018-08-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781681372648

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review of Books
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
Binding	Paperback
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2018-08-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781681372648

A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary, 1939-1940 (New York Review Books Classics)

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