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Dedication

Preface

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1 Society and politics in Liberal Italy

2 New political pressure groups and foreign policy

3 The making of a Foreign Minister: Antonino Di San Giuliano

4 The Consulta: the bureaucrats of foreign policy

5 How Italy went to Libya

6 How Italy stayed in Libya

7 The politics of alliance: Italy in the Triple Alliance, 1912-1914

8 The politics of friendship: Italy, the Triple Entente, and the search for a new Mediterranean agreement, 1911-1914

9 'Un cliente maleducato': Italy in the Dodecanese and Ethiopia, 1912-1914

10 Preparing to digest some spoils: Italian policy towards Turkey, 1912-1914

11 San Giuliano's epilogue. The realities of European war 28 June to 16 October 1914

Conclusion

Appendix I The Ten Commandments for Italians abroad

Appendix II Pro-memoria on our politico-military situation, by A. Pollio

Appendix III San Giuliano's poem about his funeral ceremony

Abbreviations used in the notes and bibliography

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