Italo Balbo
Paperback
Series: I Pamphlet de l'Universale
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 15 2026
Pages: 56
Weight: 0.19
Height: 0.13 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Italian
Ma la sua figura non si lascia ridurre alla carriera. Balbo fu anche uno dei pochissimi gerarchi capaci di dissentire apertamente da alcune scelte fondamentali del regime. Si oppose alle leggi razziali. Guardò con diffidenza crescente all'alleanza con la Germania di Hitler. Considerò l'Italia impreparata alla guerra europea e non nascose i suoi dubbi sulla strada imboccata da Mussolini. Non per questo fu un antifascista. Restò sempre, fino alla fine, un uomo del fascismo. Ma fu un fascista irregolare, uno di quelli che costringono gli storici a usare più cautela nelle definizioni. Renzo De Felice ha ricordato che il fascismo non fu una realtà monolitica, ma un insieme di correnti, di sensibilità , di esperienze diverse. In questo mosaico Balbo rappresenta una tessera particolare: un fascismo impetuoso, giovanile, vitalista, pieno di energia e di contraddizioni. Nazionalista fino al midollo, ma non privo di aperture inattese. Profondamente interno al regime, ma incapace di ridursi al suo volto più burocratico e plumbeo.
Anche il carattere contribuì a farne una figura fuori misura. In Balbo c'era qualcosa del guascone e del moschettiere, del comandante che trascina più con l'entusiasmo che con il regolamento. Era intelligente, impulsivo, dotato di un istinto organizzativo formidabile. E possedeva una qualità rara nella politica italiana del tempo: una certa naturalezza. Per questo molti osservatori stranieri lo guardavano con curiosità e perfino con simpatia. E forse anche per questo, a un certo punto, Mussolini cominciò a trovarlo ingombrante. Raccontare Balbo significa dunque raccontare un'intera stagione della storia italiana. Dalle trincee della Grande Guerra alle squadre del primo fascismo, dai cieli dell'Atlantico alle sabbie della Libia, fino alla tragedia finale di Tobruk. Significa soprattutto accettare che la Storia, qualche volta, non procede per figure semplici. Balbo non è un santino e non è nemmeno una requisitoria:
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