An examination of the controversies and disputes produced between Britain and the United States by their joint involvement in the Mediterranean theatre during the Second World War. Analysis of the evolution of Allied strategy toward the Mediterranean is put alongside a consideration of the conduct of military campaigns and the command structures that accompanied them. The political tensions permeating Anglo-American relations, and the important role played here by Harold Macmillan, are also discussed to provide a full picture of the problems faced by the alliance.

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Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Matthew Jones

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Book Title: Britain, the United States and the Mediterranean War 1942-44
Authors: Matthew Jones
Series Title: St Antony's Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24396-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-24396-9Published: 12 February 1996
Series ISSN: 2633-5964
Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 293
Topics: Political History, International Relations, Military and Defence Studies, History of Britain and Ireland, European History, History of the Americas

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Introduction

Strategy and Command, from ‘Torch’ to the Sicilian Campaign, 1942–43

Civil Affairs and AFHQ, from ‘Torch’ to the Sicilian Campaign, 1942–43

The Mediterranean Command and Unification, September 1943–June 1944

Strategy and Command: The Italian Campaign and the ‘Anvil’ Controversy, from ‘Trident’ to the Fall of Rome, 1943–44

The Crisis of the Mediterranean Command, June–December 1944

Conclusions and Perspectives: The End of the War in the Mediterranean, Greece, and British Perceptions of Status, 1945–47

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