The chapter describes how and why it is possible for Italian policy-makers vote for and support Italy's several peacekeeping operations. The consensus is possible as long as all "war-related" issues, and the implicit risks, are not mentioned or, at least, not much emphasized. This is a convenient and "positive" result for politics, but it may entail serious consequences for Italian troops in the field. The chapter also explains why it would be practically impossible to adopt a different solution for such situation
All Together Now!: Military Operations Abroad as “Bipartisan”Instrument of Italian Foreign Policy / F. Coticchia; G. Giacomello. - STAMPA. - (2011), pp. 125-144.
All Together Now!: Military Operations Abroad as “Bipartisan”Instrument of Italian Foreign Policy
COTICCHIA, FABRIZIO;GIACOMELLO, GIAMPIERO
2011
Abstract
The chapter describes how and why it is possible for Italian policy-makers vote for and support Italy's several peacekeeping operations. The consensus is possible as long as all "war-related" issues, and the implicit risks, are not mentioned or, at least, not much emphasized. This is a convenient and "positive" result for politics, but it may entail serious consequences for Italian troops in the field. The chapter also explains why it would be practically impossible to adopt a different solution for such situationI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
