Download or read book Britain, Italy and the Origins of the Cold War written by E. Pedaliu and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-10-23 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effie G.H. Pedaliu analyzes the British Labour government's contribution to the postwar reconstruction of Italy. The book focuses on five areas: the punishment of war criminality; the reconstruction of the Italian armed forces; the Italian elections of April 1948 and Italy's institutional role in western security arrangements and on European integrative bodies. It reveals that British policy towards Italy was underpinned not only by power politics but also by moral and ideological considerations.