General Information

Author/Creator

Mallett, Robert, 1961-

Language

English.

Published

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Physical Description

ix, 266 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents/Summary

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.

Subjects

Subject

Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945.

World War, 1939-1945 > Causes.

World War, 1939-1945 > Italy.

World politics > 1933-1945.

Italy > Military relations > Germany.

Germany > Military relations > Italy.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Robert Mallett.

Series

The making of the 20th century

Content

1. Contrasting Interpretations of Mussolini and the Origins of the Second World War -- 2. A Tortuous Landscape -- 3. A New Alignment -- 4. The Holy War -- 5. Cementing the Bond -- 6. A Brutal Friendship -- 7. Passi Romani -- 8. 'Not a Diaphragm, but an Axis' -- 9. 'The Vital Need for Empire' -- 10. The Climacteric -- 11. Commitments -- Conclusion.

Library Special Collection

The Roger Griffin ComFas Collection

ISBN

033374814

0333748158

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	940.53/11 MAL		General Stacks	-

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