What is the author's perspective in the nonfiction book, War in Val D'Orcia, 1943-1944?

This author, like the author of perhaps the most famous war diary in the world, Anne Frank, is personally and intimately positioned to write on the subject from a place of experience. In other words, she is writing about things she has lived, seen, felt, and suffered. What is different about the Marchesa, however, is the fact that unlike Anne Frank, she is the product of relative American privilege and aristocratic Italian privilege in particular. It is important to note that this aspect of her life rarely, if ever, makes itself apparent in the diaries, the commentary on the article published in the Fascist newspaper being the notable exception. Nevertheless, there is the sense that her social and financial position does play a role in her personal perspective, in the thematic perspective of her writings, and above all in her actions. Would she, in fact, have been as materially generous if she had less financial resources to be so? The point is not made to suggest that she behaved philanthropically because she could afford to be, but rather to offer a reminder that in many narratives, and perhaps particularly non-fiction narratives, perspective is as often defined by what an individual doesn't focus on and/or mention as well as on what s/he DOES. Ultimately, though, the main point about perspective has less to do with why the diary was written than why this particular set of excerpts was PUBLISHED. The diary, like any diary, was in all likelihood with the intent of simply chronicling events. There is the clear sense, as the introduction suggests, that this particular section was published with the intent of pointing out the value placed by the Marchesa on human life, and of suggesting to the reader that this value is something that should be of more universal importance, particularly in times of war.