<DIV><p>&ldquo;Pernicone's book is the most comprehensive and balanced study to date of the Italian anarchist movement.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>American Historical Review</i></p><p>Russian revolutionary Mikhail Bakunin nurtured anarchism in Italy, making it the dominant expression of socialism&mdash;triumphant over Marxism and all other revolutionary doctrines. From the First International to the 1872 Anti-Authoritarian International, from government suppression and anarchist insurrection to Errico Malatesta's prominent role in resurrecting the anarchist movement, Nunzio Pernicone's original research provides a critical examination of early anarchist practices.</p><p><b>Nunzio Pernicone</b> is an associate professor of history at Drexel University. He is the author of <i>Carlo Tresca: Portrait of a Rebel</i>.</p></DIV>