Strategic Culture and Italy's Military Behavior: Between Pacifism and Realpolitik

by Paolo Rosa

Italy, although it considers itself to be a middle-sized power on par with France, the United Kingdom, and Germany, has been incapable of playing an international role comparable to theirs, instead keeping a low-profile foreign policy. This has not been due to any material constraints--Italy's profile has remained consistently low, through economic times both good and bad--but rather to the country's strategic culture, a mixture of realpolitik and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498522815
• ISBN13: 9781498522816
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"