@article{Scianna2019, author = {Scianna, Bastian Matteo}, title = {Rebuilding an Austrian Army}, series = {War in History}, volume = {26}, journal = {War in History}, number = {1}, publisher = {Sage Publ.}, address = {London}, issn = {0968-3445}, doi = {10.1177/0968344516682057}, pages = {105 -- 123}, year = {2019}, abstract = {After the Second World War, a new Austrian Army (the Bundesheer) was formed to guarantee the country's armed neutrality. But the period between 1938 and 1945 remained a point of contention. While some Austrian officers had been sidelined, the majority had served in the Wehrmacht and thus shared experiences and soldierly values. As Cold War realities necessitated a professional experienced army, a group around Erwin Fussenegger (1908-1986) dominated the new Bundesheer and contemplations about reforming the military culture and value system were postponed; while at the same time, the Bundesheer managed to prevent becoming a mere continuation of the Wehrmacht.}, language = {en} } @article{Scianna2019, author = {Scianna, Bastian Matteo}, title = {Stuck in the past?}, series = {War \& Society}, volume = {38}, journal = {War \& Society}, number = {1}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {0729-2473}, doi = {10.1080/07292473.2019.1524347}, pages = {41 -- 56}, year = {2019}, abstract = {After the Civil War the Spanish army functioned as a guardian of domestic order, but suffered from antiquated material and little financial means. These factors have been described as fundamental reasons for the army's low potential wartime capability. This article draws on British and German sources to demonstrate how Spanish military culture prevented an augmented effectiveness and organisational change. Claiming that the army merely lacked funding and modern equipment, falls considerably short in grasping the complexities of military effectiveness and organisational cultures, and might prove fatal for current attempts to develop foreign armed forces in conflict or post-conflict zones.}, language = {en} } @article{Scianna2019, author = {Scianna, Bastian Matteo}, title = {A predisposition to brutality?}, series = {Small wars and insurgencies}, volume = {30}, journal = {Small wars and insurgencies}, number = {4-5}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {0959-2318}, doi = {10.1080/09592318.2019.1638551}, pages = {968 -- 993}, year = {2019}, abstract = {The German Sonderweg thesis has been discarded in most research fields. Yet in regards to the military, things differ: all conflicts before the Second World War are interpreted as prelude to the war of extermination between 1939-1945. This article specifically looks at the Franco-Prussian War 1870-71 and German behaviour vis-a-vis regular combatants, civilians and irregular guerrilla fighters, the so-called francs-tireurs. The author argues that the counter-measures were not exceptional for nineteenth century warfare and also shows how selective reading of the existing secondary literature has distorted our view on the war.}, language = {en} } @article{Scianna2019, author = {Scianna, Bastian Matteo}, title = {Forging an Italian hero?}, series = {European Review of History: Revue europ{\´e}enne d'histoire}, volume = {26}, journal = {European Review of History: Revue europ{\´e}enne d'histoire}, number = {3}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {1350-7486}, doi = {10.1080/13507486.2018.1492520}, pages = {369 -- 385}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Over the last two decades, Amedeo Guillet (1909-2010) has been turned into a public and military hero. His exploits as a guerrilla leader in Italian East Africa in 1941 have been exaggerated to forge a narrative of an honourable resistance against overwhelming odds. Thereby, Guillet has been showcased as a romanticized colonial explorer who was an apolitical and timeless Italian officer. He has been compared to Lawrence of Arabia in order to raise his international visibility, while his genuine Italian brand is perpetuated domestically. By elevating him to an official role model, the Italian Army has gained a focal point for military heroism that was also acceptable in the public memory as the embodiment of a 'glorious' defeat narrative.}, language = {en} } @misc{Scianna2019, author = {Scianna, Bastian Matteo}, title = {Rezension zu: Mondini, Marco; Il Capo. La Grande Guerra del generale Luigi Cadorna. - Bologna: Il Mulino, 2017. - 390 S. - (Biblioteca storica). - ISBN 978‑88‑15‑27284‑3}, series = {Milit{\"a}rgeschichtliche Zeitschrift}, volume = {78}, journal = {Milit{\"a}rgeschichtliche Zeitschrift}, number = {1}, publisher = {De Gruyter}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {2193-2336}, doi = {10.1515/mgzs-2019-0042}, pages = {248 -- 251}, year = {2019}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Scianna2019, author = {Scianna, Bastian Matteo}, title = {The Italian war on the eastern front, 1941-1943}, series = {Italian and Italian American Studies}, journal = {Italian and Italian American Studies}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-03026-523-6}, pages = {365}, year = {2019}, abstract = {The Italian Army's participation in Hitler's war against the Soviet Union has remained unrecognized and understudied. Bastian Matteo Scianna offers a wide-ranging, in-depth corrective. Mining Italian, German and Russian sources, he examines the history of the Italian campaign in the East between 1941 and 1943, as well as how the campaign was remembered and memorialized in the domestic and international arena during the Cold War. Linking operational military history with memory studies, this book revises our understanding of the Italian Army in the Second World War.}, language = {en} }