Abstract

Italy and Her Allies

The article presents information on several books on Italy. These three recent books, "The Holocaust," by A.A. Pons; "Scenes From Italy's War," by G.M. Trevelyan; and "My Italian Year," by Joseph Collins, on Italy, written by representatives of three different nations, seem almost, in spirit, to belong to three different centuries. An Italian's view of Italy is presented by Pons, through the medium of a translation, somewhat too colloquial and lacking in distinction. Her book, "The Holocaust," was written during the war, while the world was thinking in a high key tuned to sacrifice and endurance. "Scenes From Italy's War" is the narrative of Trevelyan's personal experiences, the heroism of one ally recounted in chivalrous terms by another.