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Armies of the Great War Ser.: Italian Army and the First World War by John Gooch (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521149371
ISBN-139780521149372
eBay Product ID (ePID)175752826
Product Key Features
Number of Pages402 Pages
Publication NameItalian Army and the First World War
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEurope / Italy, Modern / 20th Century, Military / World War I
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
AuthorJohn Gooch
Subject AreaHistory
SeriesArmies of the Great War Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2013-045307
Reviews"Provides a sober and scholarly analysis of the Italian war which may counter many of the current anniversary outpourings with their fixation on the Western Front ... unquestionably the fullest account of how Liberal Italy fought its war - a desperate struggle which, it is always worth remembering, provoked at least 50 per cent more deaths than did the Nazi-Fascist conflict of 1940-45." R. J. B. Bosworth, The English Historical Review, "How Italy fought the First World War is a little-known but deeply tragic tale of political mismanagement, military malpractice and doomed valour, told by John Gooch with characteristic skill and erudition." Macgregor Knox, London School of Economics and Political Science, "This is the book which we have been waiting for ... a proper history of the Italian army in the First World War. Written by a scholar who knows the archives, but in English for those who don't, it will be the standard work for the foreseeable future." Hew Strachan, University of Oxford, "An outstanding work of military history: highly impressive in the range of the sources that it uses, and exemplary in its judicious approach to the strengths and weakness of the army's performance in the First World War and to the merits and demerits of country's political and military leaders." Christopher Duggan, University of Reading
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal940.40945
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. Before the war; 2. From neutrality to action; 3. 1915 - first endeavours; 4. 1916 - setback and success; 5. 1917 - the year of danger; 6. 1918 - recovery and victory; 7. In the wake of war; Notes; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
SynopsisA major new account of the role and performance of the Italian army in the First World War. Setting military events in a broad context, Gooch explores pre-war Italian military culture, and reveals how an army with a reputation for failure fought a challenging war in appalling conditions - and won., This is a major new account of the role and performance of the Italian army during the First World War. Drawing from original, archival research, it tells the story of the army's bitter three-year struggle in the mountains of Northern Italy, including the eleven bloody battles of the Isonzo, the near-catastrophic defeat at Caporetto in 1917 and the successful, but still controversial defeat of the Austro-Hungarian army at Vittorio Veneto on the eve of the Armistice. Setting military events within a broader context, the book explores pre-war Italian military culture and the interactions between domestic politics, economics and society. In a unique study of an unjustly neglected facet of the war, John Gooch illustrates how General Luigi Cadorna, a brutal disciplinarian, drove the army to the edge of collapse, and how his successor, general Armando Diaz, rebuilt it and led the Italians to their greatest victory in modern times.
LC Classification NumberDD569.A2G67 2014
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