Mussolini and the Origins of the Second World War, 1933-1940

by M. Feldman; Robert Mallett

• ISBN13: 9781403937742
• ISBN10: 1403937745
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2017-04-17
• Publisher: Macmillan International Higher Education

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.

Author Biography

Robert Mallett is Visiting Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Birmingham

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. viii
Contrasting Interpretations of Mussolini and the Origins of the Second World War	p. 1
A Tortuous Landscape	p. 16
A New Alignment	p. 32
The Holy War	p. 48
Cementing the Bond	p. 67
A Brutal Friendship	p. 83
Passi Romani	p. 106
'Not a Diaphragm, but an Axis'	p. 128
'The Vital Need for Empire'	p. 151
The Climacteric	p. 174
Commitments	p. 196
Conclusion	p. 221
Notes and References	p. 227
Select Bibliography	p. 256
Index	p. 261
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