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On the fiery march : Mussolini prepares for war / G. Bruce Strang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strang, G. Bruce, 1963-
- Series:
- International history 1527-2230
- International history, 1527-2230
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Italy.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945.
- Mussolini, Benito.
- Fascism--Italy.
- Fascism.
- Italy.
- Italy--Politics and government--1914-1945.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 375 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2003.
- Summary:
- Strang asserts that Mussolini's expansionist, social-Darwinist mentalite drove him to align Italy with Nazi Germany to challenge Britain and France for supremacy in the Mediterranean.
- Contents:
- 1. Mussolini's Mentalite 13
- 2. Toward the Axis 39
- 3. The Spanish Imbroglio and the Strengthening of the Axis 73
- 4. The Easter Accord and the Flourishing of the Axis 121
- 5. The Czech Crisis and the March to the Sea 173
- 6. The Pact of Steel 229
- 7. War or Peace 275.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-363) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275979377
- OCLC:
- 50695336
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