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Challenging the views of Benito Mussolini's Italian biographer,
Renzo De Felice, this book argues that the Duce's aggressive war
against the predominant Mediterranean powers, Britain and France,
was the only means whereby Italy might secure access to the world's
oceans. Following Hitler's rise to power in 1933, Mussolini
actively pursued the Italo-German alliance which he believed would
enable him to conquer a Fascist empire stretching from the
Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. By the eve of Italy's entry in
the world war II, the Fascist administration had commissioned
substantial new capital-ship programmes, and created a major
surface and underwater fleet that seemed to post a serious
challenge to the strategic position of Great Britain in the
Mediterranean and Red Sea.
The study covers: the effects of Mussolini's pro-German policy on
the policy-making and strategic planning of the Regia Marina; the
major political, strategic and economic factors that shaped Italy's
naval policy under Mussolini; the effectiveness of naval
operational planning in the light of the various international
crises that dominated the period before the war; and the part
played by the Italian naval high command in Mussolini's quest for
empire.
The essays that comprise this study of 20th-century fascism shift
the focus away from the German and Italian models and towards the
influence of fascist ideology within other countries.
The essays that comprise this study of 20th-century fascism shift
the focus away from the German and Italian models and towards the
influence of fascist ideology within other countries.
Challenging the views of Benito Mussolini's Italian biographer,
Renzo De Felice, this book argues that the Duce's aggressive war
against the predominant Mediterranean powers, Britain and France,
was the only means whereby Italy might secure access to the world's
oceans. Following Hitler's rise to power in 1933, Mussolini
actively pursued the Italo-German alliance which he believed would
enable him to conquer a Fascist empire stretching from the
Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. By the eve of Italy's entry in
the world war II, the Fascist administration had commissioned
substantial new capital-ship programmes, and created a major
surface and underwater fleet that seemed to post a serious
challenge to the strategic position of Great Britain in the
Mediterranean and Red Sea.
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.
Mussolini in Ethiopia, 1919-1935 looks in detail at the evolution
of the Italian Fascist regime's colonial policy within the context
of European politics and the rise to power of German National
Socialism. It delves into the tortuous nature of relations between
the National Fascist Party and the National Socialist German
Workers' Party (NSDAP), while demonstrating how, ultimately, a
Hitler-led Germany proved the best mechanism for overseas Italian
expansion in East Africa. The book assesses the emergence of an
ideologically driven Fascist colonial policy from 1931 onwards and
how this eventually culminated in a serious clash of interests with
the British Empire. Benito Mussolini's successful flouting of the
League of Nations' authority heralded a new dark era in world
politics and continues to have its resonance in today's world.
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