The problem with Italy was first identified by Massimo d’Azeglio, one of its first statesmen, in 1861: “we have made Italy, now we must make Italians.”It was acknowledgment that reunification of the peninsula had been an elite project rather than the result of a surge of nationalist enthusiasm among the diverse people who were to be reunited. Newly-minted...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 21, 2018 23:48 UTC