Editing Emilio Lussu (section)

==Works==

Many political meanings have been drawn from Lussu's works, but his works are perhaps more important at a personal level. Morally and philosophically, Lussu's books reflect his need to repent, having been previously an ''interventista'' (favourable to entering the war) and a revolutionary (in ''Giustizia e Libertà''); his works soberly describe what war, in its cruellest moments, was like for him.

The alteration of Lussu's opinion of war is quite apparent in the range of his works: first an ''interventista'', then the author of a manual for revolution, soon afterwards the author of a pacifist book, then again a revolutionary and a volunteer in the Spanish civil war. Anyway, [[One Year on the High Plateau]] combines well the repulse of the war with the bravery of the fighter.<ref>[[Giulio Angioni]], ''Emilio Lussu e i sardi'', in ''Il dito alzato'', Sellerio, 2012</ref> Lussu's consistency has been questioned and politics often invades evaluations of his works.

===Bibliography===
*''La catena'' (The Chain, 1929)
*''Marcia su Roma e dintorni'' (''The March on Rome and Thereabouts'', 1932)
*''Teoria dell'insurrezione'' ("Theory of Insurrection", 1936)
*''Per l'Italia dall'esilio'' (''Road to Exile: The Story of a Sardinian Patriot'', 1938) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20071011034656/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,770347,00.html August 3, 1936 review in ''Time'' magazine])
*''Un anno sull'altipiano'' ("''[[One Year on the High Plateau]]''", ''[[Sassari Mechanized Brigade|Sassari Infantry Brigade]]'', 1938, {{ISBN|978-1-85375-360-2}}; "A Soldier on the Southern Front", {{ISBN|978-0-8478-4278-0}})
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140222152759/http://www.sotziu.it/biblioteca/PDF/Emilio%20Lussu%20-%20Diplomazia%20clandestina.pdf Diplomazia clandestina]'' (Clandestine Diplomacy, 1955)
*''La clericalizzazione dello Stato e l'arcivescovo di Cagliari'' (The Clericalization of the State and the Archbishop of Cagliari, 1958)
*''Il cinghiale del diavolo e altri scritti sulla Sardegna'' (''The devil´s boar and other writings on Sardinia,'' 1976)

In the [[Florestano Vancini]]'s film [[The Assassination of Matteotti]] (1973), Lussu is played by Giovanni Brusatori.