Italian Nationalism and the Idea of the Empire

Italian nationalism is also an expansion project. It's ta project of completing the nation, sure. But this gets a bit tricky if you're allied to austria hungary. How are you going to complete the nation and acquire those new territories when they're currently in the hands of your ally? So from 18 82 onwards, when italy and austria allied italy, cind hove has to turn elsewhere to satisfy expansionist aspirations. And almost frustrated in its inability t do that nationally, colony is become a kind of substitute. The two things are quite closely connected. We colony is almost an alternative ecade. We can't get tran or we can get libia instead