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BOOKS

Il nuovo ordine mediterraneo

Il nuovo ordine mediterraneo

Monograph, in Italian, on Fascist policies of occupation in occupied Europe (1940-1943): annexations, military occupation, economic exploitation, reprisal, racism and anti-Semitism

Fascism's European Empire

Fascism's European Empire

Monograph on Fascist policies of occupation in occupied Europe (1940-1943): annexations, military occupation, economic exploitation, reprisal, racism and anti-Semitism

Against Massacre

Against Massacre

Monograph on the history of the interventions "upon grounds of humanity" undertaken by the European powers within the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire. It explores the philosophical, moral, political and systemic reasons of the intervention including instances when interventions did not take place. It covers the period 1815-1914.

Contro il massacro

Contro il massacro

Monograph - translation of Against Massacre.

Humanitarian Photography: a History

Humanitarian Photography: a History

Edited volume. I am co-editor with Heide Fehrenbach, co-author of the introduction and of a chapter on the World Health Organisation visual politics (co-written with Thomas David)

Shaping the International Sphere

Shaping the International Sphere

Edited volume. I am one of the co-editors with Bernhard Struck and Jakob Vogel. I co-wrote the introduction and co-wrote a chapter on the role of humanitarian organisations in Poland in the aftermath of the First World War (with Shaloma Gauhtier and Francesca Piana).

Global Exchanges

Global Exchanges

I co-wrote a chapter with Yitang Lin and Thomas David on Fellowship Programs for Public Health Development: The Rockefeller Foundation, UNRRA, and the WHO (1920s – 1970s)

The LONs' Work on Social Issues

The LONs' Work on Social Issues

This is an edited volume on the history of the League of Nations. I am co-editor with Magaly Rodriguez and Liat Kozma. I co-wrote the introduction. Experienced and young talented scholars contribute with refreshing views on the history of the UN's predecessor.

Humanitarian Intervention: a History

Humanitarian Intervention: a History

Edited volume. I contributed with two chapters on the history of intervention in Ottoman Lebanon (1860-61) and in Ottoman Macedonia (1903-1907)

The Oxford Handbook of the R2P

The Oxford Handbook of the R2P

Edited volume. My chapter is on the history of humanitarian interventions.

Humanitarian Intervention

Humanitarian Intervention

Edited volume. I contributed with a reflection on non-governmental humanitarian associations in the aftermath of the First World War

Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aid

Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aid

Edited volume. My contribution (with Shaloma Gauthier and Francesca Piana) is about the League of Nations relief mission in Western Thrace (Greece) during and shortly after the exchange of populations between Turkey and Greece (1922).

Le Mythe des gentils Italiens

Le Mythe des gentils Italiens

I wrote a long chapter on the ideological dimension of Fascist occupation.

Les Mythes de la Seconde GM

Les Mythes de la Seconde GM

I wrote an essay on the myth of the good Italian occupiers during the Second World War

Ideas and Identities

Ideas and Identities

A Fetschfrift for Andre Liebich. I am co-editor and co-author of the introduction with Jaci Eisenberg. The book honours the intellectual and academic career of our colleague Andre Liebich

Naufragés et rescapés, fantômes et statues, oubliés et oublis dans les archives des institutions humanitaires

The Red Cross Movement Myths, practices and turning points

The Red Cross Movement Myths, practices and turning points

Certainty, compassion and the ingrained arrogance of humanitarians

Night On Earth

Night On Earth

Night on Earth is a broad-ranging account of international humanitarian programs in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Near East from 1918 to 1930.

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