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Mussolini and the Origins of the Second World War, 1933 - 1940 (The Making of the Twentieth Century)

Mussolini and the Origins of the Second World War, 1933 - 1940 (The Making of the Twentieth Century)
By Robert Mallett

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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.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1626869 in Books
  • Published on: 2003-09-06
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 256 pages

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"This is an excellent study of a little-known but important aspect of the Second World War. It has the great merit of being easy to read at the same time as using much unpublished material from the Italian State Archives."--Denis Mack Smith, Emeritus Fellow of All Souls, Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge
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"This is an excellent study of a little-known but important aspect of the Second World War. It has the great merit of being easy to read at the same time as using much unpublished material from the Italian State Archives."--Denis Mack Smith, Emeritus Fellow of All Souls, Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge

About the Author
Robert Mallett is Visiting Lecturer in Modern History, University of Birmingham.

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Good start but could have used more detail 4
This is an interesting book that gives an overview of how Italy fit into the make up of World War II. There are many books like this one that chart how World War II broke out and this brings an interesting perspective by looking at Italy instead of Germany. The book tracks Mussolini's progress from around 1933-41 and shows how the country was set on a course for war. The factors of what caused Italy to head to Germany from Britain could have been flushed out further and while this was well researched it suffered from a lack of detail. The bibliography is one of the most valuable pieces of this book. I would recommend this book to those wanting a brief overview of diplomacy during the world war II era.