Fasci Italiani all'Estero. L' Abissinia e Noi. Rome: Tipografia Regionale, 1935.
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An official publication of the Fascist regime justifying Italy's claims to Abyssinia (Ethiopia) on the eve of the conquest: a congeries of backward, poorly governed feudal entities, Abyssinia is seen as presenting grave danger to the Italian colonies of Eritrea and Somalia. The publication describes in some detail the battle of Adua.


ITALIAN LIFE UNDER FASCISM: Selections from the Fry Collection
Exhibition in the Department of Special Collections
Memorial Library
University of Wisconsin-Madison
July through September 1998