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Mussolini Unleashed, 1939-1941: Politics and Strategy in Fascist Italy's Last War
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Mussolini Unleashed, 1939-1941: Politics and Strategy in Fascist Italy's Last War
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) MacGregor Knox
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:400 | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 154 |
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Category/Genre | Second world war |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521338356
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Classifications | Dewey:940.532445 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
27 June 1986 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This book explores the motives, preparation, objectives, contact and consequences of Italy's war of 1940, which ended the country's role as a great power and reduced it to the status of first among Germany's satellites. What Professor Knox demonstrates more clearly than any previous biographer or historian is the limits of Mussolini's power. In particular, thanks to exhaustive research in the relevant archives, he has been able to throw important new light on Mussolini's relations with his military advisers and commanders. His scholarship is first-class, and for once a publisher's blurb does not exaggerate in claiming that his book is 'superbly written'.
Reviews'For officers interested in questions as diverse as military incompetence and the formation of national strategy, this book will repay many times over the hours spent reading it.' Marine Corps Gazette
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