Book contents
- Britain and Italy in the Era of the Great War
- Cambridge Military Histories
- Britain and Italy in the Era of the Great War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgement
- Introduction
- Part I Making the Anglo-Italian Entente (1911–1915)
- 1 Context
- 2 Traditional Friendship
- 3 Crumbling Principles
- 4 Pushing Friendship into Alliance
- 5 The Contested Treaty
- Part II Integrating Italy into the Triple Entente (Spring 1915–Summer 1917)
- Part III The Forked Road to Victory and Peace (Autumn 1917–Summer 1919)
- Bibliography and Sources
- Index
4 - Pushing Friendship into Alliance
from Part I - Making the Anglo-Italian Entente (1911–1915)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 December 2020
Book contents
- Britain and Italy in the Era of the Great War
- Cambridge Military Histories
- Britain and Italy in the Era of the Great War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgement
- Introduction
- Part I Making the Anglo-Italian Entente (1911–1915)
- 1 Context
- 2 Traditional Friendship
- 3 Crumbling Principles
- 4 Pushing Friendship into Alliance
- 5 The Contested Treaty
- Part II Integrating Italy into the Triple Entente (Spring 1915–Summer 1917)
- Part III The Forked Road to Victory and Peace (Autumn 1917–Summer 1919)
- Bibliography and Sources
- Index
Summary
At the outbreak of World War I, a handful of British and Italian diplomats and statesmen wished to exploit the traditionally good Anglo-Italian relations to change the geo-strategic chessboard of the conflict. But centrifugal forces produced the longest and more complex negotiations over a neutral country’s intervention in the whole war.
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- Britain and Italy in the Era of the Great WarDefending and Forging Empires, pp. 42 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020