Ciano's Diary - Count Galeazzo Ciano
1939 1943 The Complete, Unabridged Diaries Of Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Minister Of Foreign Affairs
KORTE INHOUD
There are very few published writings by those that sat in positions of power during the period leading up to and during the Second World War that are of this personal and telling nature. This is the great difference between Ciano's Diary and the writing of the defeated or victorious from this time.
Ciano was not looking back and writing in an attempt to absolve himself of his role nor was he allowing the glow of victory to taint his recollection of events.
These sometimes seemingly shallow entries in his personal diary can allow us to view events of unfathomable consequence from his seat and without the ideological raging or gossamer thin excuses and attempts at self absolution of many other works; Albert Speer being a prime example of the latter; written by politicians or those that held office at this time.
To read this Diary in search of ideological or moral answers would be misdirected but to study this Diary and gain insight into Ciano, Mussolini and the machinations and power struggles of what was in real...
Ciano was not looking back and writing in an attempt to absolve himself of his role nor was he allowing the glow of victory to taint his recollection of events.
These sometimes seemingly shallow entries in his personal diary can allow us to view events of unfathomable consequence from his seat and without the ideological raging or gossamer thin excuses and attempts at self absolution of many other works; Albert Speer being a prime example of the latter; written by politicians or those that held office at this time.
To read this Diary in search of ideological or moral answers would be misdirected but to study this Diary and gain insight into Ciano, Mussolini and the machinations and power struggles of what was in real...
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Echt een heel waardevol en interessant boek. Hoewel dit het eerst werd gepubliceerd, is dit eigenlijk het laatste deel van het dagboek -- Ciano's aantekeningen uit 1937-1938 gingen verloren (?) en werden enkele jaren later gepubliceerd. Historici citeren Ciano's dagboek op grote schaal als een belangrijke primaire bron, dus het is geweldig om direct naar de mond van het paard te gaan. Ciano schrijft duidelijk en vaak met humor (dus goede vertaling ook) en hij spaart niemand, ook Mussolini niet -- zijn oude held en schoonvader.
Voorbeeld -- een belangrijk fascistisch partijlid citerend: "[Mussolini is] een autodidactische man die een slechte leraar had, en die een slechtere student was."
