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 | | Crispi and his followers, however, were also strongly conscious of the function of the 'other' as a tool for mass mobilisation. |
 | | Crispi's attitude to France and the French was complex and highly ambivalent, and I will suggest using as evidence his speeches, writings, and political actions, above all when prime minister in 1887-91 that there was an element of disingenuousness in his repeated claims that France was bent on destroying Italy. |
 | | What Crispi was trying to do was to create a climate of tension, that would not only bring the population together, but might also lead on to a war, in alliance with Germany a war that would finally cement the country's 'moral unity'. |
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