Italy in the International System from Détente to the End of the Cold War

<p>1. Introduction; Antonio Varsori.- Part I The Political and Diplomatic Dimensions of Italy’s Foreign Policy.- 2. The United States, Italy and the Cold War: Interpreting and Periodising a Contradictory and Complicated Relationship; Mario Del Pero and Federico Romero.- 3. Cold War Republic: The ‘external constraint’ in Italy during the 1970s; Silvio Pons.- 4. Under a Multinational Mantle: Italy’s Participation in the G7 (1975-76); Marinella Neri Gualdesi.- 5. Italy’s Foreign Policy in the 1980s: from Enthusiasm to Disillusion; Antonio Varsori.- Part II&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Foreign Policy Goals and Economic Ambitions.- 6. Mercantilism and Class Struggle: The Italian Economy in the International Context from 1960 to 1990; Francesco Petrini.- 7. From Interdependence to Unilateralism: Italy and the Evolution of Foreign Monetary Cooperation (1958-1973); Daniele Caviglia.- 8. Reshaping Transatlantic Energy Relations: Italy, the United States, and Arab Producers during the 1970s; Elisabetta Bini.- Part III New Approaches to the International System and the Influence of Parties’ Political Cultures.- &nbsp;9. The Emergence of Global Environmentalism: A Challenge for Italian Foreign Policy?; Sara Lorenzini.- 10. Air, Space and Techno-science Innovation in Italian Foreign Policy during the 1970s and the 1980s; David Burigana.- 11. Decay and Catharsis: Perceptions of the United States in Italian Political Cultures Between the 1960s and 1970s; Valentine Lomellini and Benedetto Zaccaria.- 12. Development Cooperation, 1958-1992: Party Politics and a Foreign Policy Débâcle; Elena Calandri.</p>