Collision of Empires (eBook, PDF)

Italy's Invasion of Ethiopia and its International Impact
Redaktion: Strang, G. Bruce

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 marked a turning point in interwar Europe. The last great European colonial conquest in Africa, the conflict represented an enormous gamble for the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. He faced a challenge not only from a stout Ethiopian defence, but also from difficult logistics made worse by the League of Nations' half-hearted sanctions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317164173
• Artikelnr.: 45099408

Autorenporträt

G. Bruce Strang is Professor of History and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Brandon University, Canada. He lives in Brandon, Manitoba, with his wife Nancy Hennen, and sons Sean and Marc. He is currently writing a monograph assessing Italian foreign policy and reconstruction in the early Cold War Era.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface; Introduction
G. Bruce Strang; 'Places in the African sun': social Darwinism
demographics
and the Italian invasion of Ethiopia
G. Bruce Strang; The Ethiopian crisis and the emergence of Ethiopia in a changing state system
Ian S. Spears; Philip Noel-Baker
the League of Nations and the Abyssinian crisis
1935-1936
Gaynor Johnson; 'This silly African business': the military dimension of Britain's response to the Abyssinian crisis
Steven Morewood; France and the Ethiopian crisis
1935-1936: security dilemmas and adjustable interests
Martin Thomas; 'A sad commentary on world ethics': Italy and the United States during the Ethiopian crisis
G. Bruce Strang; 'The last ditch defender of national sovereignty at Geneva': the realities behind Canadian diplomacy during the Ethiopian crisis
Francine McKenzie; The paradox of peaceful co-existenceâ"¢: British dominions' response to the Italo-Abyssinian crisis
1935-1936
W. Neville Sloane; Schreck and schadenfreude: Hitler
German alliance priorities and the Abyssinian crisis
1935-1936
Geoffrey T. Waddington; An alliance of the 'coloured' peoples: Ethiopia and Japan
J. Calvitt Clarke III; Soviet appeasement
collective security and the Italo-Ethiopian war of 1935 and 1936
J. Calvitt Clarke III; A way out of isolation: Fascist Italy's relationship with the Vatican during the Ethiopian crisis
Nicolas G. Virtue; The former European neutrals
the Ethiopian crisis and its aftermath
1935-1938
Remco van Diepen; Select bibliography; Index.