Men at War: Masculinity and Military Ideals in the Risorgimento

The Risorgimento Revisited: Nationalism and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Italy discusses some of the background causes and conditions, including material from the the women who supported the main figures like Mazzini and other patriots during the years leading up to war. It is edited into chapters with focus on different topics by different scholars in the field. The book is heavily annotated with sources for research. Much of the material was obtained from original source material in Italian.