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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
Authors and Contributors      By (author) MacGregor Knox
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:400
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 154
Category/GenreSecond world war
ISBN/Barcode 9780521338356
ClassificationsDewey:940.532445
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 27 June 1986
Publication Country United Kingdom

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