TY  - JOUR
A1  - Scianna, Bastian Matteo
T1  - Forging an Italian hero?
BT  - The late commemoration of Amedeo Guillet (1909-2010)
JF  - European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire
N2  - 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.
KW  - Italy
KW  - Second World War
KW  - Amedeo Guillet
KW  - colonialism
KW  - Italian East Africa
KW  - collective memory
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/13507486.2018.1492520
SN  - 1350-7486
SN  - 1469-8293
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
SP  - 369
EP  - 385
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -