... - of peace and freedom for all. Amidst the victory over Nazi Germany however, a new fear was born, coined by history as the "Cold War-. In Italy the people had won the right to vote in a "free- election and choose the type of government they ... . The 1948 elections in Italy led promise that the people, for the first time, would be able to decide for themselves how their country would begin their existence in this "new world-. The landslide Christian Democrats victory in these elections showed the world that Democracy had risen above both communist and socialist ideals in the hearts and ...

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