Energia e Mediterraneo : le iniziative italiane nel secondo dopoguerra (1945-1979)

The Mediterranean area has always been to Italy a natural place to direct its attention. The discovery of major oil fields in the Middle East during the Second World War has altered this innate inclination towards the Mediterranean area in a fundamental action. This in the context of the enormous needs of the Italian energy policy. The author traces the Italian key actions of the union between energy and the Mediterranean area until the second oil shock, analyzing it in the international scenario. [Publisher's text].