Leonardi, Andrea Angelo (A.A. 2024/2025) The Italian communist party's opposition to the European defence community. Tesi di Laurea in Comparative politics, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Antonio Varsori, pp. 97. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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Post-war Italy between the needs of reconstruction and political dire straits. War in the Italian public opinion. Christian democrats and communists: two visions of pacifism. The inception of the world peace council and the first wave of opposition to the EDC. From the partisans for peace to the world peace council. The first spark of European common defence: the Pleven conundrum. The die is cast: the left’s first offensive against the Pleven plan. 1951: the common army from loitering tactic to grand design. Paris and Brussels, Bonn and Rome. “Europe’s MacArthur” visits Italy. Peace, loyalty or party politics? The Magnani-Cucchi affair and the Covelli order of business. The Berlin appeal and Togliatti’s “outstretched hand”. 1952: the year of the signature. The great German people: a new communist narrative. The signature and the opposition. The failure of high politics. The EDC’s swan song. International détente and the elections of 1953. Pella’s government, the Trieste question and the peace campaign. 1954: the failure of the EDC.

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Bibliografia: pp. 93-95.

Thesis Type:	Master's Degree Thesis
Institution:	Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program:	Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52)
Chair:	Comparative politics
Thesis Supervisor:	Varsori, Antonio
Thesis Co-Supervisor:	Cavallaro, Maria Elena
Academic Year:	2024/2025
Session:	Extraordinary
Deposited by:	Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited:	16 Jun 2026 13:53
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2026 13:53
URI:	https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/46175

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