Mussolini Warlord : Failed Dreams of Empire, 1940-1943
ISBN: 9781936274291 | 1936274299
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist
Pub. Date: 7/17/2012
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The first study of Benito Mussolini's failure as a war leader.
Fascist Italy has received far too little attention in the military history of the Axis partnership. This is the first comprehensive study of Benito Mussolini's military efforts to build an empire during World War II. It details the fascist dictator's attempt to build both a Mediterranean empire and Balkan empire, as well as a narrative history of his tragically flawed illusions; Italy's disastrous military performance; the heroism of Italian soldiers, ... MORE
Fascist Italy has received far too little attention in the military history of the Axis partnership. This is the first comprehensive study of Benito Mussolini's military efforts to build an empire during World War II. It details the fascist dictator's attempt to build both a Mediterranean empire and Balkan empire, as well as a narrative history of his tragically flawed illusions; Italy's disastrous military performance; the heroism of Italian soldiers, ... MORE
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Abbreviations | p. xiii |
| The Hour Marked By Destiny | p. 3 |
| The Short War Gets Longer | p. 31 |
| Tailspin | p. 54 |
| False Glory | p. 75 |
| The Sword of Islam | p. 97 |
| Illusions of Victory | p. 113 |
| Counterinsurgency in the Balkans | p. 159 |
| The Vortex of Defeat | p. 187 |
| Disaster in Russia | ... MOREp. 201 |
| Bitter Finale in France | p. 225 |
| Balkan Spazio Vitak Abandoned | p. 241 |
| Lights Out in Tunisia | p. 266 |
| Endgame | p. 295 |
| The Warlord's Legacy | p. 309 |
| Bibliography | p. 322 |
| Index | p. 332 |
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H. James Burgwyn is Emeritus Professor of History at West Chester University. He is the author of Empire on the Adriatic Enigma Books; Italian Foreign Policy in the Interwar Period 1918-1940 Greenwood Press. The Legend of the Mutilated Victory: Italy, the Great War, and the Paris Peace Conference, 1915-1919 Greenwood Press. II revisionismo fascista: La stida di Mussolini alle grandi potenze nei balcani e sul danubio 1925-1933 Feltrinelli and has contributed many articles in scholarly journals in both America and Europe. He lives in Philadelphia, PA.
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