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1931 book by Curzio Malaparte
Coup d'Etat: The Technique of Revolution
Tecnica del colpo di stato, 1948 Italian translation
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Author
| Curzio Malaparte
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Original title
| Technique du coup d'etat
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Translator
| Sylvia Saunders
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Country
| France
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Language
| French
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Subject
| Coup d'etat
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Publisher
| Editions Grasset
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Publication date
| 1931
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Published in English
| 1932
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Pages
| 297
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Coup d'Etat: The Technique of Revolution
(
French
:
Technique du coup d'etat
;
Italian
:
Tecnica del colpo di stato
) is a 1931 book by the Italian writer
Curzio Malaparte
.
Summary
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Coup d'Etat: The Technique of Revolution
consists of
Curzio Malaparte
's reflections on modern
coups d'etat
. It devotes chapters to the
Bolshevik Revolution
with a focus on
Leon Trotsky
's and
Vladimir Lenin
's roles, the 1920
Battle of Warsaw
, the
Kapp Putsch
in Germany,
Napoleon Bonaparte
as the inventor of the modern coup d'etat,
Miguel Primo de Rivera
's
rise to power
in Spain,
Benito Mussolini
and the
March on Rome
, and the possibility that
Adolf Hitler
will come to power in Germany.
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Publication
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The book was written in Paris after Malaparte had fallen out with the
Italian Fascist Party
, with which he had a turbulent relationship.
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It was first published in French in 1931 and in English translation by Sylvia Saunders in 1932.
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The book created controversy and Malaparte was accused of cynicism and hypocrisy. Because of its negative assessment of Hitler, Malaparte was persecuted and imprisoned in Italy for spreading "antifascist propaganda abroad".
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