Emilio Lussu emerged from World War I as a key figure in Sardinian and national politics. In a political career that spanned more than half a century, he served as a deputy in Parliament before the Fascists rose to power and became one of the most...

This article applies the reflections on experience and narrative found in Walter Benjamin's "The Storyteller" to a popular Italian World War I novel, Emilio Lussu's Un anno sull'altipiano. The essay focuses on alcohol abuse repeatedly depicted in the novel as a component that...

Emilio Azcarraga Milmo was an autocratic billionaire who dominated Mexican broadcasting by combining low-grade television shows with political favouritism. Azcarraga, known as "El Tigre" for his fearsome business acumen and a shock of white hair, created an empire known as Grupo Televisa. It...