Guerra fredda e interessi nazionali. L’Italia nella politica internazionale del secondo dopoguerra

[Autom. eng. transl.] The post-World War II era marks a clear break with the previous phases of Italian foreign policy. However, once the phase of the emergency and the choice of the field had passed, some constant characteristics of our diplomacy resurfaced. Outlined the framework in which Italy had to insert itself, the bipolar system of the Cold War, the volume describes the phase of co-belligerency, the first of the reconstruction of Italian foreign policy after the caesura of 1943, the events of the eastern frontier, emblematic of the lack of harmony between national interests and Italy's expectations on the one hand and the perspective of our major allies on the other, two of the "three circles" of Italian foreign policy, Atlanticism and Mediterranean politics. The attempt to reconcile rigorous Atlantic loyalty with initiatives in the Mediterranean area of traditional interest for Italian diplomacy gave rise, particularly with neo-Atlanticism, to a particularly dynamic phase, which in some respects may recall precisely that of the beginning of the 20th century , which had seen Italian foreign policy move between alliances and friendships.