The Legend of the Mutilated Victory - Italy, the Great War, and the Paris Peace Conference, 1915-1919

Italy emerged from World War I triumphant but ostracized from the comity of victors, which led to the notion in Italy that a war had been won but a peace lost. The Legend of the Mutilated Victory demonstrates that Italy's conflict with America over the nature of the peace was a direct outgrowth of Italy's ongoing quarrels with the Allies, quarrels that formed the basis of the mutilated victory. In a clear and cogently argued narrative, Burgwyn reassesses Sidney Sonnino's diplomacy as he lead Italy to victory in the imbroglio of the war and domestic political intrigue. He observes the impact of domestic politics and the Supreme Command on Sonnino's wartime diplomacy, impartially describes Sonnino's efforts at the Paris Peace Conference, and also points out the failures in Sonnino's approach. This is the first book in any language to analyze Italian diplomacy from the outbreak of the war to the Paris Peace Conference.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Diplomacy of War
From Peace to War
Fissures in the Alliance
Sonnino Versus Cadorna
Imperialist Aims and Frustrations
A Separate Peace?
The "War of Austrian Succession"
Defending the London Pact
"Italy's War"
The Bungled Peace
The Ambiguities of the Peace
The Armistice Period: Differing Perspectives
The Paris Peace Conference
The Adriatic Crisis
Denouement
Epilogue
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index

About the author

H. JAMES BURGWYN is Professor of History at West Chester University. During a two-year leave of absence 1977-1979, he served as an Assistant Director at the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies in Salzburg, Austria. He is the author of Il Revisionismo Fascista and The Legend of the Mutilated Victory: Italy, the Great War, and the Paris Peace Conference (Greenwood, 1993) and has contributed articles in numerous journals both in America and Italy.

Product details

• Authors: H. James Burgwyn
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.09.1993
• EAN: 9780313288852
• ISBN: 978-0-313-28885-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Weight: 709 g
• Series: Contributions to the Study of World History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, military history, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Italy, Warfare & defence, Diplomacy, Warfare and defence, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I