L’Italia E L’Egemonia Americana Nel Mediterraneo
October 23, 2012
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/ The book was finalist for the book prize Acqui Storia, and a finalist for…
Alessandro Brogi
Alessandro Brogi received two Ph.D.s (from Ohio University in 1998 and from the University of Florence in 1993). His first book, in Italian, analyzes U.S.-Italian relations in the early Cold War, and is titled L‘Italia e l‘egemonia americana nel Mediterraneo (Italy and American Hegemony in the Mediterranean) (Florence: La Nuova Italia, 1996). The book was finalist for the book prize Acqui Storia, and a finalist for the OAH foreign book prize. His second book is titled A Question of Self-Esteem: The United States and the Cold War Choices in France and Italy, 1944-1958 (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002). He has also published several articles on U.S.-European relations in journals including the prime Diplomatic History, Cold War History, and the Journal of Cold War Studies. Brogi was at Yale as Lecturer and John Olin Fellow in International Security Studies in 1999-2002. At the U of A since 2002, he also held a position as Visiting Professor at Johns Hopkins University‘s School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna Center, Italy, in the fall of 2004, and was awarded a resident research fellowship by the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo (spring 2007). His principal area of research is U.S. strategic and cultural relations with Western Europe during the Cold War and his latest book analyzes left-wing anti-Americanism in France and Italy during the Cold War, and U.S. reactions and strategies to stop the advance of communism in both countries: the title is Confronting America: The Cold War between the United States and the Communists in France and Italy (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2011). A native of Florence, Italy, Brogi has resided in the United States since 1990, but prefers to keep a double citizenship.
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