This book examines the social and cultural consequences of a war normally looked at for its role in the story of Italian unification - the convergence of French, Austrian, and Piedmont-Sardinian armies in northern Italy in 1859, referred to in Italy as the "Second War for Independence."

Autorentext
JONATHAN MARWIL ****is a Lecturer at the University of Michigan, USA.

Inhalt
Preparations for the Show Preliminaries Serious War Picturing the Horrors 'The Second Greatest Battle of Modern Times' Blasted Dreams, Hopeful Lessons Setting the War in Memory Honoring the Dead Epilogue