Fascist Italy at War : Men and Materiel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sadkovich, James J.

Series:

History of Warfare Series

History of Warfare Series ; v.151

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Italy.

World War, 1939-1945.

Fascism--Italy--History--20th century.

Fascism.

Italy--History--1922-1945.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (516 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2025.

Summary:

A wide-ranging discussion of the importance of demography, raw materials, and industrial capacity to the performance of Fascist Italy during World War II.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Informations

Title page

Copyrights Page

Contents

Preface

Tables

Acronyms

Introduction

1 Categories and Context

2 The Chapters

3 A Model, an Observation, and a Word or Two on Theory, Evidence, and Methodologies

4 Some Examples of Theoretically Dogmatic and Theoretically Agnostic Historiographies

5 Closed and Open Inquiry

1 Striving for Self-Sufficiency and the Mirage of Autarky

1 Was There a Fascist Economic System?

2 Observations on Autarky and War

2 Deciding to Intervene

1 Raw Materials and the Ability to Wage War

2 A Winter Laden with Indecision

3 A Spring Full of Surprises

3 The Components of War: Energy

1 Energy-Solid Combustibles

2 Energy-Liquid Combustibles

3 Energy-Hydroelectric Power

4 The Components of War: Metals and Chemicals

1 Pig Iron, Scrap Metal, Steel, Alloys, and Aluminum

2 Alloys and Non-Ferrous Metals

3 Propellants and Explosives

5 Imports, Allies, Material, and Materiel during Two World Wars

1 The Importance of Material and Materiel

2 Imports and Allies

6 Industrial Mobilization and War Production

1 Obstacles to Industrial Mobilization

2 Strategy and Procurement

3 Some Observations

7 Material Constraints on Air Power

1 Falling Behind

2 Industrial Capacity

3 Civil Aviation

4 Evaluating and Ordering Aircraft

5 Observations

8 Building an Armored Force

1 Developing an Armored Doctrine

2 Italian Production of Armored Vehicles and Artillery

3 Italy's Armored Force

9 The Cost of War

1 The High Cost of Victory

2 The High Cost of Defeat

Select Glossary

Bibliography

Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789004721715

9004721711

OCLC:

1503846387