Italy and Libya: From Colonialism to a Special Relationship (1911-2021)

This is the first systematic work on the Italian-Libyan relationship produced in English, accessible to area scholars, specialists, analysts and students, who intend to deepen their understanding of one of the pivotal factors of the Euro-Mediterranean balance, which is currently missing.

Luciano Monzali is Full Professor of History of International Relations at the University of Bari ’Aldo Moro’, Italy. He is one the most distinguished historians of Italian Foreign Policy. He is the author of ’The Italians of Dalmatia: From Italian Unification to World War I’ (2009) and editor with Paolo Soave of ’Italy and the Middle East. Geopolitics, Dialogue and Power during the Cold War’ (2021).

Paolo Soave is Associate Professor of History of International Relations at the University of Bologna, Italy. His research interests are focused on Italian Foreign Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy, First World War, Cold War. Among his recent publications: ’Italy and the Middle East. Geopolitics, Dialogue and Power during the Cold War’ (2021); ’Una vittoria mutilata? L’Italia e la conferenza di pace di Parigi’ (2020).