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Fiume for Fiumians
- shimonabi 6y agoI find it interesting that Americans always use Italian names of cities in former Yugoslavia/Habsburg empire. Like when they write about the Battle of Caporetto or the Isonzo river.
- gerikson 6y agoVictors write history.
- nsajko 6y ago"Victors write history" is somewhat vapid and quite misleading as an explanation here, because history consists of more than just WW1.
- gerikson 6y agoWho speaks for the Empire of Austria-Hungary now? No-one. The forces that unified Italy in the 19th century (fighting against that empire!) tore it apart into its constituent nations. In the USA, Italy was an ally in WW1 (or at least they fought one the same side). Why would anyone use the place names of the enemy?
- pseudalopex 6y agoThe city was called Fiume before and during the period the article is about. The first sentence says it's called Rijeka now.
- nsajko 6y agoIn case there's somebody else who couldn't quickly find what book is this a review of, it's "The Fiume Crisis" with ISBN 9780674244245. In case somebody is interested in this part of history, here are some Wikipedia pages on Rijeka in this time period that should give some context: 1776-1918: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_separatum_(Fiume) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_separatum_(Fiume) 1920-1924: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_of_Fiume https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_of_Fiume 1919-1920: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Regency_of_Carnaro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Regency_of_Carnaro 1924: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Rome_(1924) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Rome_(1924) Overall history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Rijeka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Rijeka As always, be cautious with Wikipedia.