Common destiny : dictatorship, foreign policy, and war in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Knox, MacGregor, 1945-
- Language
- English.
- Published
- Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- Physical Description
- xiv, 262 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- This book analyzes the origins, nature, dynamics, and ruinous end of the Italian and German dictatorships. Emphasizing themes of aggression, fighting power, and staying power, it offers a comparative overview of the two countries' trajectories from unification in the 1860s to national catastrophe in 1943-45. It evaluates Mussolini's foreign policy, a subject still inadequately explored and poorly understood, and offers a novel and compelling interpretation of the synthesis of Prusso-German military tradition and Nazi revolution, which was a key factor in Germany's ability to fight to the bitter end.
Subjects
- Subject
- Fascism > Italy > History.
- National socialism.
- Italy > Foreign relations > 1922-1945.
- Italy > Politics and government > 1922-1945.
- Germany > Foreign relations > 1933-1945.
- Germany > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
Bibliographic Information
- Responsibility
- MacGregor Knox.
- Content
- Introduction: war and revolution in Europe, 1789-1945 -- Part I. Origins and Dynamics: 1. Italy and Germany from unification to militant dictatorship, 1860-1933 -- 2. Conquest, foreign and domestic, in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany -- Part II. Foreign Policies and Military Instruments: 3. Fascism and Italian foreign policy: continuity and break -- 4. The Italian army at war, 1940-43: a study in combat effectiveness -- 5. The Prussian idea of freedom and the 'career open to talent': battlefield initiative and social ascent from Prussian reform to Nazi revolution, 1807-1944 -- Conclusion: expansionist zeal, fighting power, and staying power in the Italian and German dictatorships.
- Library Special Collection
- The Roger Griffin ComFas Collection
- ISBN
- 0521582083
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Collection | Call Number | Volume Info | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | OSA Archivum Library | General collection | 943.08 KNO | General Stacks | - |
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