Mussolini and His Generals: The Armed Forces and Fascist Foreign Policy, 1922-1940Cambridge University Press, 2007 M12 24 - 651 pages This is the first authoritative study of the Italian armed forces and the relationship between the military and foreign policies of Fascist Italy from Mussolini's rise to power in 1922 to the catastrophic defeat of 1940. Using extensive new research, John Gooch explores the nature and development of the three armed forces, their relationships with Mussolini and the impact of his policies and command, the development of operational and strategic thought, and the deployment and use of force in Libya, Abyssinia and Spain. He emphasizes Mussolini's long-term expansionist goals and explains how he responded to the structural pressures of the international system and the contingent pressures of events. This compelling account shows that while Mussolini bore ultimate responsibility for Italy's fateful entry into the Second World War, his generals and admirals bore a share of the blame for defeat through policies that all too often rested on irrationality and incompetence. |
Contents
Section 1 | 5 |
Section 2 | 13 |
Section 3 | 28 |
Section 4 | 55 |
Section 5 | 61 |
Section 6 | 62 |
Section 7 | 69 |
Section 8 | 88 |
Section 22 | 253 |
Section 23 | 254 |
Section 24 | 279 |
Section 25 | 289 |
Section 26 | 296 |
Section 27 | 300 |
Section 28 | 301 |
Section 29 | 315 |
Section 9 | 98 |
Section 10 | 121 |
Section 11 | 123 |
Section 12 | 188 |
Section 13 | 202 |
Section 14 | 208 |
Section 15 | 210 |
Section 16 | 218 |
Section 17 | 219 |
Section 18 | 220 |
Section 19 | 228 |
Section 20 | 233 |
Section 21 | 252 |
Section 30 | 317 |
Section 31 | 338 |
Section 32 | 360 |
Section 33 | 384 |
Section 34 | 390 |
Section 35 | 411 |
Section 36 | 423 |
Section 37 | 450 |
Section 38 | 457 |
Section 39 | 461 |
Section 40 | 465 |
Section 41 | 472 |
Section 42 | 484 |
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