Marc Raboy
Autor von Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World
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As might be expected, most of the page-count is devoted to Marconi's adventures in technology, as his tinkering as a young man ultimately led to the wireless revolution, and then to his never ending battle to defend his intellectual property. In regards to what Marconi's greatest talent might have been, Raboy suggests that it was an ability to strip away extraneous matters and relentlessly pursue the main avenues of advance to a successful conclusion; regardless of the cost.
However, the main reason I wanted to read this work is that Raboy deals forthrightly with the more dubious elements of Marconi's life; particularly how he was an early adherent of Mussolini's Fascist regime, and was ultimately an uncompromising defender of Italy's conquest of Ethiopia. That this came to pass might simply be a commentary on how as much as Marconi was a great example of a cosmopolitan Edwardian figure, he was also a product of Italy's struggle for great power status. Raboy further observes that, for all the individualist and unconventional elements of Marconi's personality, when it came to politics he was very much a conformist, if for no other reason that it was going to take access to political power to implement his technological vision. Marconi might have had some personal reservations with Mussolini's policies, but that didn't prevent him from taking prestigious positions in the regime and executing Fascist policies. It was only when the realization dawned that war between Rome and London was in the cards that reality set in for the man as to what he had ultimately signed up for. Marconi's death in 1937 was probably a mercy.… (mehr)