ABSTRACT
This chapter offers an overview of Garibaldinism between the Greek expedition and the First World War. During the 1900s the “radicals” that had fought in Greece went back to their everyday lives, but many of them later volunteered again in the Balkans between 1911 and 1912. In 1914, when the First World War broke out, members of the Garibaldi family assembled a group of volunteers which fought with the French army in the Argonne area until the early days of 1915. A real reshuffle took place between the second half of 1914 and the early months of 1915. Social and political players quickly shifted positions, and the political language, particularly ideological references, changed just as rapidly. As radical as it was rapid, the change was accelerated by the global war crisis and involved a large part of society. The historical circumstances devastated Garibaldinism, and especially its radical part.
