- Massimo Salvadori
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Massimo Salvadori, or Max William Salvadori Paleotti (16 June 1908, London - 1992) was a British-Italian historian and anti-Fascist.[1][2]
Salvadori was educated at the University of Geneva and the University of Rome.[3] He was involved in the anti-Fascist movement in Italy before World War II. Imprisoned from 1931-32 as a result of his political activities, Salvadori fled Italy for Switzerland. In 1943 he joined the British army and after participating in landings at Salerno and Anzio, parachuted into Italy to organize resistance. For this service, he was awarded the Military Cross and Distinguished Service Order. He served on the faculty of Smith College from 1945 until his retirement in 1973, with two notable breaks: in 1948-49 he was director of the Division of Political Science of UNESCO in France and in 1952 he worked as a political analyst for the Information Service of the Secretariat of NATO.
References
- ^ Oxford Biography
- ^ Smith College Archives
- ^ Pine, L. G., ed., The Author's and Writer's Who's Who, 4th ed., 1960
Categories:- 1908 births
- 1992 deaths
- British historians
- Italian resistance members
- Political scientist stubs
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