Would an Italian Atlanta-style cruiser fit the doctrine?

Would Italy have been better served by its own version of the Atlanta class?

Not for the principal fleet-wing role: Italian doctrine favored fast heavy cruisers such as a quicker Zara, but foreign machinery prevented the desired combination of speed, armor, and firepower.

Italian cruisers were expected to form fast wings that added firepower to the battle fleet and offset numerical inferiority through maneuver. A Zara-type heavy cruiser was therefore a closer doctrinal fit than an Atlanta-style light cruiser. The Zaras had useful armor and eight-inch guns but could make only about 32 knots instead of the desired 36. Italy could construct the hull and protection, yet its dependence on foreign turbines and boilers blocked the preferred high-powered design.