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This famous and important book was first published in 1962. With disarming modesty, the author describes it as 'a book by an Englishman, in part based on German documents, on the fall of the Fascist government in Italy.' It is, but such downbeat words give no idea of the monumental scale of the narrative. In detail, the decline and fall of the Fascist regime in Italy is chronicled leading to the dramatic downfall of Mussolini himself in July, 1943.
The narrative then traces Mussolini's return to power as head of the puppet satellite Nazi republic in the North after his abduction from internment by SS paratroopers in September, and then follows the dictator's fate through the final six hundred days of the final disintegration of Fascism.
'The Brutal Friendship massive, impersonal and enthralling, is not only an important contribution to recent history, but an example of how to write it.' John Hale, Sunday Telgraph
'This is a very fine piece of writing and . . . it makes enthralling reading.' Times Literary Supplement
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Book Description:
The brutal friendship of Hitler and Mussolini and its fatal consequences.
About the Author:
F.W. Deakin was born in 1913. He studied Modern history at Christ Church, Oxford. Through his long career he has a Fellow at Wadham College, and Warden at St Anthony¿s College, Oxford. In 1939 he joined up and was later seconded to special duties at the War Offfice. In 1943 he led the first British Military Lission to Tito, and in 1945 and 1946 was 1st Secretary at the Embassy in Belgrade. He holds the DSO, the Grosse Verdeinstkreuz, the Yugoslav Partisan Star (1st class), and is a member of the Russian Order of Valour and a Chevalier of the Légion d¿Honneur.
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- PublisherW&N
- Publication date1975
- ISBN 10 6666666011
- ISBN 13 9786666666019
- BindingHardcover
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