Editing Oriana Fallaci (section)

== Early life ==
Fallaci was born in [[Florence]], Italy, on 29 June 1929.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/italy/story/0,,1873911,00.html ''The Guardian''], most sources indicate Fallaci was born on 29 June, but some sources indicate 24 July</ref> Her father Edoardo Fallaci, a [[Cabinetry|cabinet maker]] in Florence, was a [[Activism|political activist]] struggling to put an end to the [[dictatorship]] of [[Italian Fascism|Italian fascist]] leader [[Benito Mussolini]]. During [[World War II]] she joined the Italian [[Anti-fascism|anti-fascist]] [[resistance movement]] ''[[Giustizia e Libertà]]'', part of ''[[Italian resistance movement|Resistenza]]''. She later received a certificate for valour from the [[Royal Italian Army during World War II|Italian army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oriana-fallaci.com/linfanzia/vita.html|title=Oriana Fallaci Official site|publisher=Oriana-fallaci.com|access-date=24 April 2013|archive-date=11 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211023908/http://www.oriana-fallaci.com/linfanzia/vita.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref> In a 1976 retrospective collection of her works, she remarked:

{{quote|Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon&nbsp;... I have always looked on disobedience toward the oppressive as the only way to use the miracle of having been born.<ref name="The New Yorker">{{cite book|title=The New Yorker|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tw8nAQAAIAAJ|year=1975|publisher=F-R Publishing Corporation|page=229|quote=Out of that experience there came a literal xenophobia. ... Colonel George Papadopoulos, who became Prime Minister and later President under the junta, said his purpose was to recreate the Greece of the Christian Greeks — "Ellas Elllnon ...}}</ref>}}