The Brutal Friendship
Subtitle: Mussolini, Hitler and the fall of Italian Fascism
Edition: [1st American ed.]
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1962
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 896
ISBN-13: 9781135726980
Subjects: Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945.; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy.; Germany -- Foreign relations -- Italy.; Italy -- Foreign relations -- Germany.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliography.