Virginio Gayda, the Yugoslav Question and the Italian Irredenta

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Virginio Gayda, the Yugoslav Question and the Italian Irredenta is written by Anthony Di Iorio and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004681159 (ISBN 10) and 9789004681156 (ISBN 13).

This is a study of the early writings of Virginio Gayda (1885-1944), a talented but amoral Italian journalist whose career spanned two world wars. A keen observer, prolific writer and propagandist during his stint as the newspaper La Stampa’s special correspondent in Habsburg Vienna, Gayda lent his considerable skills to promote an aggressive foreign policy. No one did more than he to poison relations between the Italian and Yugoslav peoples. His is the story of a respected journalist who chose an ultranationalist path to fascism and international fame. Not uninfluenced by rank careerism and material reward he forsook his roots to embrace the antisemitic “race” laws of 1938 and Italy’s disastrous partnership with Nazi Germany.