Ciano's Diary Count Galeazzo Ciano

Name: Ciano's Diary By Count Galeazzo Ciano
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Ciano's Diary by Count Galeazzo Ciano

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Summary

'Of all the documents to come out of the 1939-45 War...Ciano's Diary is the most interesting...' Malcolm Muggeridge.

Ciano's Diary Summary

Ciano's Diary: 1937-1943 by Count Galeazzo Ciano

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.

About Count Galeazzo Ciano

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.

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GOR002630506

ISBN 13

9781842124765

ISBN 10

1842124765

Title

Ciano's Diary: 1937-1943 by Count Galeazzo Ciano

Author

Count Galeazzo Ciano

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Orion Publishing Co

Year published

2002-04-18

Number of pages

760

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N/A

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