"Forging an Italian hero? The late commemoration of" Topic
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| Tango01 | 04 Jun 2019 9:59 p.m. PST |
…Amedeo Guillet (1909–2010) "Over the last two decades, Amedeo Guillet (1909–2010) has been turned into a public and military hero. His exploits as a guerrilla leader in Italian East Africa in 1941 have been exaggerated to forge a narrative of an honourable resistance against overwhelming odds. Thereby, Guillet has been showcased as a romanticized colonial explorer who was an apolitical and timeless Italian officer. He has been compared to Lawrence of Arabia in order to raise his international visibility, while his genuine Italian brand is perpetuated domestically. By elevating him to an official role model, the Italian Army has gained a focal point for military heroism that was also acceptable in the public memory as the embodiment of a ‘glorious' defeat narrative…."
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 Legion 4   | 05 Jun 2019 7:45 a.m. PST |
Yes, like many things the media and even some historians get wrong. |
| Tango01 | 05 Jun 2019 11:31 a.m. PST |
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