Hitler's Italian Allies by MacGregor Knox

Description: *Hitler's Italian Allies *Royal Armed Forces, Fascist Regime, and the War of 1940-1943 *Written by MacGregor Knox *Published by Cambridge University Press *Hardcover *2000 *Measures 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" with 207 pages *Illustrated *Taken from the dust jacket flap: This book tries to explain why the Italian armed forces and the Fascist regime were so remarkably ineffective at an activity - war - central to their existence. Military economic weakness, Mussolini's ideological fantasies and strategic megalomania, and Hitler's failure in the wider war made Italian defeat inevitable. But those factors do not wholly account for the peculiarly undignified character of Fascist Italy's final ruin. The book offers an innovative analytical cross section of the Italian war effort, from society and culture, through politics and war production to strategy, operations, and tactics, and demonstrates the extent to which Italian military culture - a concept with applications far beyond Fascist Italy or its last war - and the blinkered approach of Italy's major industrial enterprises made humiliation inescapable. The result is a striking portrait of the military institutions and regime whose most significant - if temporary - conquest in 1940-43 was a dusty and useless corner of Africa, British Somaliland. The armed forces proved unable to imagine modern war, much less prepare or fight it. The industrialists, with the connivance of generals, admirals, and dictator, produced the least effective, least numerous, and most overpriced weapons of the Second World War. The regime failed miserably in mobilizing the nation's resources. Hitler's Italian Allies analyzes the resulting disasters, and explains why the Italian armed forces dissolved prematurely and almost without resistance, in stark contrast to the grim fight to the last cartridge of Hitler's army or the fanatical faithfulness unto death of the troops of Imperial Japan. *This book is in very good condition. A previous owner's name, date, and location are handwritten on the first blank page. Please look closely at our photos as they are part of our description. SHIPPING: *Buyer pays shipping. *This item can be picked up here in Coventry, CT at no charge. *Or it will be shipped within 1 business day after receipt of payment via USPS Media Mail. *100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED! We want our customers to be happy! If the item is not as described we will refund purchase price and postage if it is returned within 30 days of receipt and in the same condition. *Please contact us if you have any questions or would like additional photos.

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