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Mussolini and the origins of the Second World War, 1933-1940 / Robert Mallett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mallett, Robert, 1961-
- Series:
- Making of the 20th century (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
- The making of the 20th century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Causes.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Italy.
- Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945.
- Mussolini, Benito.
- Military relations.
- Italy--Military relations--Germany.
- Italy.
- Germany--Military relations--Italy.
- Germany.
- World politics--1933-1945.
- World politics.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 266 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
- Summary:
- This new study re-examines the controversial debate on Fascist Italy's road to international conflict that has raged for six decades. The author's privileged access to until now unseen archival materials allows him to assess the ideological, geopolitical, domestic and strategic considerations that shaped Mussolini's alliance with Hitler, and his subsequent decision to wage war against Great Britain and France in June 1940.
- Contents:
- 1 Contrasting Interpretations of Mussolini and the Origins of the Second World War 1
- 2 A Tortuous Landscape 16
- 3 A New Alignment 32
- 4 The Holy War 48
- 5 Cementing the Bond 67
- 6 A Brutal Friendship 83
- 7 Passi Romani 106
- 8 'Not a Diaphragm, but an Axis' 128
- 9 'The Vital Need for Empire' 151
- 10 The Climacteric 174
- 11 Commitments 196.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-260) and index.
- ISBN:
- 033374814X
- 0333748158
- OCLC:
- 51931101
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