Table of Contents

Introduction Mussolini's Mentalite Towards the Axis The Spanish Imbroglio and the Strengthening of the Axis The Easter Accord and the Flourishing of the Axis The Czech Crisis and the March to the Sea The Pact of Steel War or Peace Denouement and Conclusion Bibliography Appendix

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Strang asserts that Mussolini's expansionist, social-Darwinist mentalite drove him to align Italy with Nazi Germany to challenge Britain and France for supremacy in the Mediterranean.

About the Author

G. BRUCE STRANG is Assistant Professor of History at Lakehead University.

Reviews

"On the Fiery March looks in meticulous detail at the dealings between these two men in the years between Hitler's rise to power in 1933 and the outbreak of the Second World War. The story is fascintating....[t]he product of considerable scholarship."-The New York Review of Books

?[C]learly written, extensively researched, and persuasively argued....Recommended.?-Choice

?On the Fiery March looks in meticulous detail at the dealings between these two men in the years between Hitler's rise to power in 1933 and the outbreak of the Second World War. The story is fascintating....[t]he product of considerable scholarship.?-The New York Review of Books

?Strang's well-documented and well-argued book is a valuable addition to a growing body of work on Fascist foreign policy at its lowest point. It ought to be an antidote to those historians who seek to make Mussolini into a statesman.?-The International History Review

?[A] fine work.?- Journal of Modern History

?[A] fine work.?-Journal of Modern History

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"ÝA¨ fine work."-Journal of Modern History

"ÝC¨learly written, extensively researched, and persuasively argued....Recommended."-Choice

"[A] fine work."-Journal of Modern History

"[C]learly written, extensively researched, and persuasively argued....Recommended."-Choice

"Strang's well-documented and well-argued book is a valuable addition to a growing body of work on Fascist foreign policy at its lowest point. It ought to be an antidote to those historians who seek to make Mussolini into a statesman."-The International History Review