Angelo Del Boca
Encyclopedia
Angelo Del Boca is an Italian historian
and writer. He is specialized in the study of the Italian Colonial Empire, and the involvement in Libya
, Ethiopia
, Eritrea
and Somalia
during the first part of 20th century. Del Boca has been the first Italian scholar involved in research on the crimes committed by the Italian army in Ethiopia and Libya. During Fascism
and World War II, he took part in the Italian resistance movement
.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and writer. He is specialized in the study of the Italian Colonial Empire, and the involvement in Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
, Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
, Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...
and Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
during the first part of 20th century. Del Boca has been the first Italian scholar involved in research on the crimes committed by the Italian army in Ethiopia and Libya. During Fascism
Fascism
Fascism is a radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Fascists seek to rejuvenate their nation based on commitment to the national community as an organic entity, in which individuals are bound together in national identity by suprapersonal connections of ancestry, culture, and blood...
and World War II, he took part in the Italian resistance movement
Italian resistance movement
The Italian resistance is the umbrella term for the various partisan forces formed by pro-Allied Italians during World War II...
.
Books by Del Bocca
- 1965 Fascism TodayFascism TodayFascism Today: A World Survey is a book by historian Angelo Del Boca and Mario Giovana. It is a survey of radical right-wing movements, from the roots of fascism to a present day country-by-country discussion....
- 1965 The Ethiopian War 1935-1941
- 2007 A un passo dalla forca, Baldini Castoldi Dalai, Milan 2007
- 2009 La storia negata. Il revisionismo e il suo uso politico, published by Neri Pozza.