Después de Mussolini y el rey. Miradas franquistas a la Italia republicana y postfascista (1945-1953). 2. Del frente popular italiano a las trampas de la Democrazia Cristiana (1948-1953)

Authors

Francesc Vilanova Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

Keywords:

Alcide De Gasperi, Alcide De Gasperi, Pietro Nenni, Pietro Nenni, Palmiro Togliatti,, Palmiro Togliatti,, Popular Front, Popular Front, Christian Democracy, Christian Democracy, Vittorio Emanuele III, Vittorio Emanuele III, June 2, June 2, PCI, PCI, PSI, PSI, Luis Galinsoga, Luis Galinsoga, Julián Cortés-Cavanillas, Julián Cortés-Cavanillas, Santiago Nadal, Santiago Nadal, Manuel Brunet, Manuel Brunet, Intellectual, Intellectual, Francoism, Francoism

Abstract

After Mussolini and the king. 2. From the popular front to the duplicity of the Christian Democracy (1948-1953)

Despite the fall of Mussolini and the demise of Fascism, Italy remained a focus of significant attention for part of the Francoist so-called «intellectual infantry»: journalists, reporters, columnists, etc., took up the role of interpreting the world according to the Francoist ideology. The Francoist regime was able to learn useful lessons from the great Italian post-war events — the referendum on monarchy, the 1948 and 1953 elections — for the history of Spain and its intellectuals were able to interpret them correctly, identifying similarities between the 1948 polls and the 1931 or 1933 elections of the Second Republic, the defeats of Communism, etc.

Received: 11-01-2010

Author Biography

Francesc Vilanova, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

Francesc Vilanova insegna Storia contemporanea presso la Universidad Autónoma di Barcellona ed è Direttore dell’Archivo Histórico de la Fundació Carles Pi i Sunyer d’Estudis Autonòmics i Locals. Tra le sue più recenti pubblicazioni si ricordano: Una burgesia sense ànima. El franquisme i la traïció catalana (Barcellona, Empúries, 2010) e L’any que va caure París. Aliadòfils i franquistes catalans l’estiu de 1940 (Barcellona, La Magrana, 2010).