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Britain and Italy, 1943-1949 : the decline of British influence / Moshe Gat.

Title
Britain and Italy, 1943-1949 : the decline of British influence / Moshe Gat.
Author
Gat, Moshe.
Publication
Brighton : Sussex Academic Press ; Portland, Or. : Distributed in the United States of International Specialized Book Services, 1996.

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Description
ix, 230 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Great Britain > Foreign relations > Italy
  • Italy > Foreign relations > Great Britain
  • Great Britain > History > George VI, 1936-1952
  • Italy > History > Allied occupation, 1943-1947
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-223) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Italy: from Enemy to Co-Belligerent, July-October 1943. Britain-Italy: strategy on the eve of surrender. Italy surrenders unconditionally. The status of the Badoglio government. Italy declares war on Germany -- 2. Britain and the Badoglio Government, November 1943-April 1944. First attempts to broaden the government. American policy. The proposals of the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean. The Soviet Union enters the field. Towards the broadening of the Badoglio government -- 3. Britain's New Course in Italy, April-September 1944. Badoglio's request for allied status. Readiness for a preliminary peace treaty. Badoglio's fall. The preliminary peace treaty is broached again. Churchill in Italy -- 4. From Power Policy to Support, September 1944-July 1945. America demands the dissolution of the armistice regime. Britain retreats from her Italian policy. Moves towards a peace treaty -- 5. The Peace Treaty, September 1945-February 1947. The policy of the Great Powers. The British 'victory' -- 6. Britain Wavers between Strengthening or Weakening Italy, February 1947-April 1948. Italy's attempts at rapprochement. The April 1948 elections -- British caution -- 7. Britain, Italy and the Establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty, April 1949. Italy's integration in Bevin's plan. Britain opposes the deal with Italy. The British stance hardens. The American decision.
ISBN
1898723222
OCLC
34240492
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library