Friday, November 25, 2011

About Italy

Writing for The Wall Street Journal, Raymond Zhong reports an interview he has done with historian David Gilmour concerning Gilmour's most recent book "The Pursuit of Italy."

The essential issue they wrestle with is how Italy manages to stay united, given its internal divisions. Gilmour believes Italians feel like Neapolitans or Tuscans and Europeans but not necessarily much like Italians.

WSJ asks whether Italy is governable, an interesting question given its recent history.