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Ciano's Diary: 1937-1943

Ciano's Diary: 1937-1943

by Galeazzo Ciano (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

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Synopsis

Mussolini's Foreign Minister, and son in law, Count Ciano kept one of the most important and influential diaries to come out of World War II. These are those diaries. Covering events from 1939 until 1943, finishing days before his own execution by a firing squad for conspiring against his father in law. With an original introduction by Malcolm Muggeridge and a new foreword by Denis Mack Smith.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 760
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 18 Apr 2002
ISBN 10: 1842124765
ISBN 13: 9781842124765
Book Overview: A unique perspective from a dissident in Mussolini's court This edition is a newly-translated and complete version of the Diaries from 1937-43. No such edition has hitherto been published in the UK.

Author Bio
Count Galeazzo Ciano was Mussolini's foreign minister and son-in-law. After several Axis defeats in 1942, Ciano became one of many Fascist proponents of a separate peace with the Allies. The suspicious Mussolini dismissed his entire Cabinet (Feb. 5, 1943), and Ciano was appointed ambassador to the Vatican. Nonetheless, Ciano and other leading Fascists retained enough power at the historic meeting of the Grand Council (July 24/25, 1943) to force Mussolini's resignation. When the new government was preparing charges of embezzling against him, the immensely rich Ciano fled Rome. He was captured by pro-Mussolini partisans and Germans in northern Italy. In 1944, on Mussolini's orders, he was brought to trial on a charge of treason, found guilty, and executed by a shot in the back.