Britain and Italy 1943-1949: Decline of British Influence

ISBN-13: 9781898723226 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 230 str.

Moshe Gat

Opis

This book examines British policy towards Italy from the fall of Mussolini in July 1943, to Italy s joining the North Atlantic alliance in 1949. The author shows that British policy, as it was shaped prior to the Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943, was designed to weaken Italy to such an extent that it would never be able to engage in future aggression and would be subject to British hegemony. This book details how this strategy rested on the simple truth that the plan was in inverse proportion to Britain s military, economic, and political power."