Introduction -- The Foreign Policy of a Late Comer -- The Political Interpretation of the Military Operations Abroad -- From the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Italy's Military Operations 1990-2001 -- From the Fall of the Twin Towers: Italy's Military Operations 2001-2008 -- Treading on this Ice: Italy's Debate on Defence and National Security Policy -- Conclusions -- Afterword: A View from the Ground; G. Badialetti
Introduction -- The foreign policy of a latecomer -- The political interpretation of Italy's military operations abroad -- From the fall of the Berlin Wall : Italy's military operations 1990-2001 -- From the fall of the Twin Towers : Italy's military operations 2001-8 -- Treading on thin ice : Italy's debate on defence -- Conclusions -- Afterword : a view from the ground / Gianmarco Badialetti
Summary
Peace support operations have become one of the most important tools in the foreign policy of Western democracies. This volume is a study of the military operations of a medium-size democracy (in this case Italy) in the last twenty years. The volume examines Italy's military operations through analysis of parliamentary debates and interviews with leading policy-makers from the time of the various missions abroad. The book presents a profile of Italy's long-term foreign and defence policy by applying a constructivist approach. It analyses the political culture of the MPs and top decision-makers in foreign and defence policy and compares their cultural frameworks with conditions of actual military deployment in the field. It also includes a broad discussion of Italy's military doctrine since the end of the Cold War
"Peace support operations are one of the most important tools in the foreign policy of Western democracies. This book is a study of Italian military operations in the last twenty years. Italy's operations are examined through an analysis of parliamentary debates and interviews with leading policy-makers"-- Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-254) and index
