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Mussolini's war : Fascist Italy from triumph to collapse 1935-1943, John Gooch

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"While staying closely aligned with Hitler, Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940. At that moment, with the wholly unexpected and sudden collapse of the French and British armies, Mussolini declared war on the Allies in the hope of making territorial gains in southern France and Africa. This decision proved a horrifying miscalculation, dooming Italy to its own prolonged and unwinnable war, immense casualties, and an Allied invasion in 1943 that ushered in a terrible new era for the country. John Gooch's new history is the definitive account of Italy's war experience. Beginning with the invasion of Abyssinia and ending with Mussolini's arrest, Gooch brilliantly portrays the nightmare of a country with too small an industrial sector, too incompetent a leadership and too many fronts on which to fight. Everywhere--whether in the USSR, the Western Desert, or the Balkans--Italian troops found themselves against either better-equipped or more motivated enemies. The result was a war entirely at odds with the dreams of pre-war Italian planners--a series of desperate improvisations against an allied force who could draw on global resources, and against whom Italy proved helpless."--Amazon
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eng
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xxv, 532 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of 35 plates
Isbn
9781643135489
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Mussolini's war : Fascist Italy from triumph to collapse 1935-1943
Title
Mussolini's war
Title remainder
Fascist Italy from triumph to collapse 1935-1943
Statement of responsibility
John Gooch
Title variation
Mussolinis war
Title variation remainder
fascist Italy from triumph to collapse, 1935-1943
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Language
eng
Summary
"While staying closely aligned with Hitler, Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940. At that moment, with the wholly unexpected and sudden collapse of the French and British armies, Mussolini declared war on the Allies in the hope of making territorial gains in southern France and Africa. This decision proved a horrifying miscalculation, dooming Italy to its own prolonged and unwinnable war, immense casualties, and an Allied invasion in 1943 that ushered in a terrible new era for the country. John Gooch's new history is the definitive account of Italy's war experience. Beginning with the invasion of Abyssinia and ending with Mussolini's arrest, Gooch brilliantly portrays the nightmare of a country with too small an industrial sector, too incompetent a leadership and too many fronts on which to fight. Everywhere--whether in the USSR, the Western Desert, or the Balkans--Italian troops found themselves against either better-equipped or more motivated enemies. The result was a war entirely at odds with the dreams of pre-war Italian planners--a series of desperate improvisations against an allied force who could draw on global resources, and against whom Italy proved helpless."--Amazon
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10931205
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YDX
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1945-
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Gooch, John
Dewey number
940.5345
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
D763.I8
LC item number
G66 2020
Literary form
non fiction
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True
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  • Mussolini, Benito
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Italy
  • Italy
  • Italy
  • Mussolini, Benito
  • Politics and government
  • Italy
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fascist Italy from triumph to collapse, 1935-1943
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Mussolini's war : Fascist Italy from triumph to collapse 1935-1943, John Gooch
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (429-521) and index
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rdacarrier
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text
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on1142386711
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxv, 532 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of 35 plates
Isbn
9781643135489
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1142386711
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Mussolini's war : Fascist Italy from triumph to collapse 1935-1943, John Gooch
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (429-521) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1142386711
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxv, 532 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of 35 plates
Isbn
9781643135489
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1142386711

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