1. Post-war realities: Italy 1919; 2. A mutilated peace: Italy, 1919–29; 3. The impending war of revenge: Europe and Africa, 1932; 4. Containing the Führer: 1933–4; 5. Achieving an empire: 1934–5; 6. Darkening waters: January–May 1935; 7. Facing down the British: May–July 1935; 8. Battle lines: August–October 1935.
This book examines the evolution of the Italian Fascist colonial policy within the context of European politics.
Robert Mallett is an experienced academic researcher and author of six books on Fascist foreign and strategic policy, ideology, and political religion theory. He has researched and taught at City University of New York, the University of the West of England, Bristol, and the Universities of Hanyang, Seoul, Leeds, Cambridge, Birmingham, Rome La Sapienza and Wisconsin, Madison, as well as the United States Naval Academy. He founded and edited the political science journal and book series Totalitarianism Movements and Political Religions (now Politics, Religion and Ideology) and has organized major international conferences in the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the United Kingdom. He has appeared on various radio and television programs.
'Historians who have been anxiously waiting for a successful
updated history of the lead-up to Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia
in 1935 need wait no longer. Robert Mallett's meticulously
researched account skilfully ties together Italy's diplomacy,
military strategy and political calculation. Professor Mallett
carefully guides us through Mussolini's tortured manoeuvrings in
holding Hitler at bay from seizing Austria while proceeding with
his own overseas invasion plans. The Duce's aggression was no
bizarre flight of fancy but integral to Fascism's way of doing
business. Resting his narrative on solid archival sources,
Professor Mallett, in marvellous prose, gives us an eminently
readable narrative that at the same time is an historical tour de
force of research and creative thought.' H. James Burgwyn, West
Chester University
'This is diplomatic history at its best. Mallett's excellently
researched and trenchant study underscores the brutal expansionism
at the heart of the fascist regime and its responsibility for the
destruction of collective security and the outbreak of the Second
World War.' Christopher Duggan, Centre for Modern Italian History,
University of Reading
'This fascinating and clearly written study of Italy's determined
drive to launch its war on Abyssinia in 1935 provides an important
missing link in understanding the European crisis of the 1930s.'
Martin Conway, Balliol College, University of Oxford
'An important contribution to the literature from a brilliant
scholar, Mussolini in Ethiopia, 1919–1935 is a must-read for anyone
interested in European interwar politics. Mallett's command of the
subject matter is impressive.' Robert von Maier, Editor-in-Chief,
Global War Studies
'Using a good mix of primary and secondary sources … this
diplomatic history focuses on the background of Italy's invasion of
Ethiopia (1935). Understanding the origins of the war could be
challenging, given the fluid nature of the alliances, agreements,
and interests (domestic, military, and geopolitical) within and
among the contending countries (primarily Italy, Germany, France,
Great Britain, and Yugoslavia). However, Mallett, a recognized
authority on Italian Fascism, does a wonderful job of explaining
what happened while 'keeping alive' other possible outcomes.'
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