Drawing on mostly unpublished documents, A Nation Collapses revises the traditional understanding of a critical moment in the history of World War II: the collapse of the Italian fascist regime and Italy's unconditional surrender in September 1943. The book argues that, during their secret negotiations before the overthrow of Mussolini in July 1943, both Italy and Britain negotiated in bad faith and with a great deal of duplicity. The resulting misunderstandings and misjudgments resulted in an unexpectedly long and brutal campaign of conquest following Italy's surrender.
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"This fine case study uses recently released documents to chronicle the chaotic weeks following Italy's capitulation to the Allies..." Foreign Affairs
"A Nation Collapses is a seminal, ground breaking work of historical significance for both political and military studies of the European Theater in World War II." Wisconsin Bookwatch
"Italian historian Elena Agarossi offers a thorough examination of what is sometimes regarded as the great missed opportunity in Italy..." Douglas Porch, The Journal of Military History
"Worth reading for anyine interested in the Second World War." NYMAS Newsletters
"A Nation Collapses is a seminal, ground breaking work of historical significance for both political and military studies of the European Theater in World War II." Wisconsin Bookwatch
"Italian historian Elena Agarossi offers a thorough examination of what is sometimes regarded as the great missed opportunity in Italy..." Douglas Porch, The Journal of Military History
"Worth reading for anyine interested in the Second World War." NYMAS Newsletters
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This review is from: A Nation Collapses: The Italian Surrender of September 1943 (Hardcover)
In A Nation Collapses: The Italian Surrender Of September 1943, Elena Agarossi draws on a massive, mostly unpublished, collection of documents in her analysis of the course secret negotiations between Italy and Britain that immediately preceded the overthrow of Mussolini in July 1943 and finds that both parties negotiated in bad faith and with a great deal of duplicity. Misjudging both Nazi Germany and the Allies' strategic commitment in Italy, and promising the Allies a degree of military assistance they were in no condition to deliver, the Italian army swiftly fell into disarray with hundreds of thousands of troops being rounded up by the Germans and interned in concentration camps. As the Allied troops in control of southern Italy advanced into the German-occupied north, Italy (ravaged by a mounting civil war) became a battlefield for the opposing armies for twenty long and bloody months. A Nation Collapses is a seminal, ground breaking work of historical significance for both political and military studies of the European Theater in World War II.
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Italy entered the war in June 1940 at a time of intense stress for Great Britain, as the defeat at Dunkirk and the fall of France exposed it to a possible German invasion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
italiani internati, unconditional surrender principle, nella sconfitta, long armistice, armistice announcement, motorized corps, short armistice, armistice conditions, paratroop division, military collaboration Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Supreme Command, Foreign Office, General Staff, United States, United Nations, State Department, Dodecanese Islands, Allied Force Headquarters, Soviet Union, General Ambrosio, Great Britain, War Cabinet, American Joint Chiefs of Staff, Casablanca Conference, Commission of Inquiry, General Carboni, Brenner Pass, Dino Grandi, General Alexander, General Eisenhower, General Giuseppe Castellano, House of Savoy, King Victor Emmanuel, Middle East, Royal Household New!
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italiani internati, unconditional surrender principle, nella sconfitta, long armistice, armistice announcement, motorized corps, short armistice, armistice conditions, paratroop division, military collaboration Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Supreme Command, Foreign Office, General Staff, United States, United Nations, State Department, Dodecanese Islands, Allied Force Headquarters, Soviet Union, General Ambrosio, Great Britain, War Cabinet, American Joint Chiefs of Staff, Casablanca Conference, Commission of Inquiry, General Carboni, Brenner Pass, Dino Grandi, General Alexander, General Eisenhower, General Giuseppe Castellano, House of Savoy, King Victor Emmanuel, Middle East, Royal Household New!
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- The Second World War, Volume 5: Closing the Ring by Winston S. Churchill on 4 pages
- Roosevelt and Hopkins by Robert E. Sherwood in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The United States (Countries) by Bob Italia in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Churchill and Roosevelt, the Complete Correspondence: Volume 1, Alliance Emerging; Volume 2, Alliance Forged; Volume 3, Alliance Declining by Warren F. Kimball in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Strategic Surrender: The Politics of Victory and Defeat by Paul Kecskemeti in Back Matter
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