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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807051603321

Autore

Morgan Philip <1948->

Titolo

The fall of Mussolini [[electronic resource] ] : Italy, the Italians, and the Second World War / / Philip Morgan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-383-00251-7

0-19-157875-4

1-281-14520-3

9786611145200

0-19-151658-9

1-4294-8707-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 263 p. ) : ill., maps, port

Disciplina

940.53/45

Soggetti

Fascism - Italy - History

World War, 1939-1945 - Italy

Italy History 1922-1945

Italy Politics and government 1943-1947

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-252) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Remembering the Second World War in Italy; 1. The First Fall of Mussolini, July 1943; 2. Fascist Italy at War, 1940-1943: Propaganda and Reality; 3. Fascist Italy at War, 1940-43: Collapse of the Home Front; 4. The Forty-Five Days, July to September 1943; 5. The Armistice, September 1943; 6. The Invasion and Occupation of Italy, and the Kingdom of the South, 1943-1945; 7. The Other Two Italies, and their Three Wars, 1943-1945; Conclusion: Italy's War

Sommario/riassunto

Reconstructing and re-evaluating the causes and consequences of Mussolini's fall from power in July 1943, this volume covers everything from high politics to the everyday experiences of ordinary Italians as war continued to ravage their country.