An Italian general who is underdisciplinary proceedings for a self-published book slating gays,Jews, feminists and migrants which has become a best seller onWednesday unveiled his autobiography, Courage Wins.
Former crack paratroop commander Roberto Vannacci, 55, who hasbecome a hero to the anti-politically correct lobby and who therightwing League party wants to put up for the Europeanparliament in June, said his story will come out on March 12,published by Piemme.
The publisher's blurb said: "Italy's most famous general, authorof the biggest selling and most hotly debate book of the moment,The World Back To Front, this time leads the reader in thediscovery of a man who has chosen to be a leader in every momentof his life.
"Always in the front line, the protagonist of unpredictable andunconventional choices, able to achieve the impossible.
"A very personal volume which in the end says that couragewins".
Vannacci was sacked as head of the army's military geographicalinstitute in Florence at the behest of Defence Minister GuidoCrosetto but then apparently promoted to chief of staff of armyground operations in Rome.
However, his disciplinary proceedings are still pending.
League leader Matteo Salvini on Wednesday confirmed that "we aretalking about putting the general on our slate for the Europeanelections" on June 8-9.
In The World Back To Front, Vannacci says, among other things,that gays aren't normal.
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