Allies and Italians under occupation : Sicily and Southern Italy 1943-45 / Isobel Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Isobel, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italy--History--German occupation, 1943-1945.

Italy.

History.

Italy--History--Allied occupation, 1943-1947.

Italy--Politics and government--1943-1947.

Politics and government.

World War, 1939-1945--Italy.

World War, 1939-1945.

Allied Military Government.

Physical Description:

xiv, 308 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

"War is chaos; an occupying force must bring order out of that chaos. The Allied Occupation of Italy is studied by examining crime, law and order in Sicily and southern Italy, where all forms of Allied and liberated Italian government were used and which also contained Italy's two historically most troublesome areas, Naples and Sicily. Effective society requires law and order to exist; this book examines the behaviour of a million Allied servicemen on the ordinary citizens of Italy, recently 'the enemy', from the nuisance of drunkenness to rape and murder. Many Italian law and order issues were caused by political conflict, land occupations and the poor availability of food and other essentials. The last led to unrest, discontent, a thriving black market, prostitution and a resurgence of crime. All these are examined, using original documents, as are police and Allied performance and the curious absence of the Mafia"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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Acknowledgements

List of Figures

List of Illustrations

Explanatory Notes

PART I: OCCUPATION

1. Introduction

2. Preparation: Structure, Training and Police

PART II: ALLIED CRIME

3. Soldier Trouble

4. The Moroccan Goumiers of the FEC

5. Deserters and Absentees

6. Justice, and Statistics

PART III: ITALIAN CRIME, AND LAW AND ORDER

7. Allied Proclamations

8. Italian Trouble: Crime

9. Italian Trouble: Disorder

PART IV: COLLABORATION

10. Black Market

11. Prostitution

PART V: ASSESSMENT

12. Police Performance

13. Occupation

Appendix I: Acronyms and Foreign Terms

Appendix II: Allied Proclamation No. 2: Articles I and I

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230572591

0230572596

OCLC:

837143197

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