Robert Mallett argues that the Duce's aggressive war against the Mediterranean powers, Britain and France, was to secure access to the world's oceans. Mussolini actively pursued the Italo-German alliance to gain a Fascist empire stretching from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean.
| ISBN: | 9780714648781 |
| Publication date: | 1st September 1998 |
| Author: | Robert Mallett |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Series: | Cass Series: Naval Policy and History |
| Genres: |
Military history |