Letter From Italy

present-day policy. If we fail to grapplernwith the Risorgimento (the long historicalrnand ideological process that led tornirational iirdependence and unity in thern19th century) and its aftermath—thern"reconstruction" of Italian people whenrnthe heirs of the Jacobins won the warrnagainst traditional Italians—wc will neverrnbuild a sound "conservative" alliancernto rule . . .