UID:
almahu_9947415381502882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 385 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511583575 (ebook)
Content:
This book explores the motives, preparation, objectives, contact and consequences of Italy's war of 1940, which ended the country's role as a great power and reduced it to the status of first among Germany's satellites. What Professor Knox demonstrates more clearly than any previous biographer or historian is the limits of Mussolini's power. In particular, thanks to exhaustive research in the relevant archives, he has been able to throw important new light on Mussolini's relations with his military advisers and commanders. His scholarship is first-class, and for once a publisher's blurb does not exaggerate in claiming that his book is 'superbly written'.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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1. 'There has been much bluff' -- 2. Bellicose nonbelligerent -- 3. 'The most impatient of all Italians' -- 4. June-September 1940: Duce strategy in the shadow of Sea Lion -- 5. The attack on Greece -- 6. To the Berghof: Italy's end as a great power -- Conclusion: The meaning of Fascist Italy's last war -- Appendices -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- A note on sources -- Frequently cited works -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521239172
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511583575
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