Dedication Acknowledgements The Maltese Islands Malta Before the Knights The Knights of Malta The Great Siege of 1565 Hospitaller Malta The French Revolution and the Knights of Malta The Maltese Revolt of 1798 British Malta Malta and World War II. The Italian Phase The German Phase Pedestal Modern Malta Bibliography Index
Despite its size, the small island nation of Malta has had a dramatic effect on world history. Historian Dennis Castillo, the American-born son of Maltese immigrants, traces the challenges faced by the Maltese people as witness to the Punic Wars, the Crusades, Napoleonic Wars, and World War II.
Dennis Castillo is a native of Detroit, Michigan, and the son of Maltese immigrants. He has previously published articles and presented papers on Maltese history. He is Associate Professor of Church History at Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora, New York.
[C]astillo, of Maltese descent, is well versed in the island's
history. He covers prehistoric temple building, through the various
occupations to the great siege of the Knights of Malta by the
Ottoman Turks in 1565, through the sieges of WW II. The island's
strategic value has changed, as has technology and the shifting of
international power. From 1520 to the end of the 18th century, the
Knights lived on the glory of the siege and by policing the
corsairs of the Middle Sea. But then Napoleon conquered the island,
after which the British ruled until 1964. By then, the Royal Navy,
long Malta's treasurer, had withdrawn. The island's strategic
importance reached its height in 1939-1945 because Allied and Axis
sea routes crossed just to the west, but after the Allies rescued
North Africa, Malta faded in importance….Recommended. All
levels/libraries.
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