.puts the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to meet it." Ironically many Italian army conscripts had little support for wars against peasants, workers, and the poor of other countries and of their own. The best fighters the Italians had were the partisans: guerrillas, underground fighters and others in the hills who only got close to Benito in order to kill him. Difficult to get sentimental about it."
--Michael Parenti, BLACKSHIRTS AND REDS p. 12 - 2/2