Britain and Italy in the Era of the Great War: Defending and Forging Empires

ISBN-13: 9781108932684 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 395 str.

Stefano (University College Dublin) Marcuzzi

Opis

Reassesses British and Italian grand strategies from 1914 to 1920: including the war, the peace conference and the Fiume crisis.

Recenzje

'This is a novel addition to the English-language literature on the subject. The book is widely researched in both languages, and Marcuzzi conducted a considerable amount of archival research.' Charles Coutinho, International Affairs

Spis treści

List of Figures; List of Maps; Introduction; Part I. Making the Anglo-Italian Entente (1914–1915): 1. Context; 2. Traditional Friendship; 3. Crumbling Principles; 4. Pushing Friendship into Alliance; 5. The Contested Treaty; Part II. Integrating Italy into the Triple Entente (Spring 1915 – Summer 1917): 6. Context; 7. Turning Papers into Policies: the Implementation of the London Treaty; 8. Dealing with Recalcitrant Allies: Shaping Italy's War; 9. Peripheral Competition; 10. Shaping Allied Grand Strategy; 11. Italy's Empire Project Accepted; Part III. The Forked Road to Victory and Peace (Autumn 1917 – Summer 1919): 12. Context; 13. Clash of Responsibilities: the Caporetto Crisis; 14. Response to Military Emergencies: Keeping Italy Alive; 15. Re-Shaping Allied Grand Strategy; 16. Propaganda as a Strategy; 17. Divided at the Finish Line; 18. Versailles 1919: Italy's Empire Project Repudiated; 19. Epilogue: Bloody Christmas in Fiume; 20. Conclusions; Bibliography and Sources; Index.