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020			_a9781107358546 (ebook)
020			_z9781107044142 (hardback)
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050	0	0	_aD766 _b.B83 2014
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100	1		_aBuchanan, Andrew, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAmerican Grand Strategy in the Mediterranean during World War II / [electronic resource] _cAndrew Buchanan.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (324 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520			_aThis book offers a thorough reinterpretation of US engagement with the Mediterranean during World War II. Andrew Buchanan argues that the United States was far from being a reluctant participant in a 'peripheral' theater, and that Washington had a major grand-strategic interest in the region. By the end of the war the Mediterranean was essentially an American lake, and the United States had substantial political and economic interests extending from North Africa, via Italy and the Balkans, to the Middle East. This book examines the military, diplomatic, and economic processes by which this hegemonic position was assembled and consolidated. It discusses the changing character of the Anglo-American alliance, the establishment of post-war spheres of influence, the nature of presidential leadership, and the common interest of all the leaders of the 'Grand Alliance' in blocking the development of potentially revolutionary movements emerging from the chaos of war, occupation, and economic breakdown.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107044142
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107358546 _zCambridge Books Online
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