Elenco delle pubblicazioni sino al 2016

The history of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany has been charachterized by many riots, recorded with more or less precision. The grenadier’s riot, occurred on 9th May 1774, has always been described following the account of Antonio Zobi, in a tradition which shows this event like the proof of a period dominated by a sovereign, Peter Leopold, who preferred the ‘police’ and hated the army. This description and the following explanation greatly diverge from the history of this event contained in the official documents preserved in the National Archive of Florence and in a pair of works of twenty five years ago. Using such sources, it is possible reconstructing with precision what happened that day, with the result not only of better evaluating the Peter Leopold’s figure, but also of drafting a particular of the history of the Tuscany Army in the XVIII century, which will be of crucial importance in the evolution of the structure of the Grand Duchy’s military.

«Algeria. The War of Independence Fifty Years Later» Andrea Brazzoduro (ed.) Contributors: Roberto Bianchi, Giulia Fabbiano, Julien Hage, Jim House, Nicola Labanca, Amar Mohand-Amer, Irene Mordiglia, Gian Paolo Calchi Novati, Tramor Quemeneur, Éric Savarese

Con presentazioni di M. Paesano, A. Zarcone, introduzioni di P. Carucci e M. De Nicolò, Roma, Ministero della Difesa, Ufficio storico dello SMD, 2013, pp. 617 (Collana Istituzioni e fonti militari, 1)

Anniversaire oblige, nel 2012 sono stati pubblicati moltissimi libri sulla guerra d’indipendenza algerina (1954-1962). Tra tutti si segnala, per l’esplicita scelta «editoriale, scientifica e politica» (p. 8), il volume curato da Abderrahmane Bouchène, Jean-Pierre Peyroulou, Ouanassa Siari Tengour e Sylvie Thénault, un quartetto di riconosciuti specialisti, due donne e due uomini, francesi e algerini.

The article focuses on government and administrative cultures developing in Lombardy since the first austrian period in Eighteenth Century, going through the revolutionary and napoleonic experience, the second austrian regime to national Unity in 1861. It considers both speculative and pragmatic sources.