{"product_id":"american-grand-strategy-in-the-mediterranean-during-world-war-ii-hardback-9781107044142","title":"American Grand Strategy in the Mediterranean during World War II (Hardback) 9781107044142","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Grand Strategy in the Mediterranean during World War II\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book offers a thorough reinterpretation of US engagement with the Mediterranean during World War II.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew Buchanan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107044142, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 February 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages, 16 b\/w illus.  2 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book succeeds as a comprehensive and convincing analysis of America's grand strategy in the Mediterranean. It is worthy of study by scholars of American diplomatic history, Anglo-U.S. relations, and, of course, the Mediterranean region during the Second World War. … scholars interested in the processes of peaceful power-transitions and how new global orders are constructed will find the work useful. Buchanan's engaging writing style will also appeal to even a casual reader of Second World War history interested in something beyond purely military-centric narratives of such an important period in human history.' Alexander Salt, Canadian Military History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. 'The president's personal policy'\u003cbr\u003e 2. The decision for Torch\u003cbr\u003e 3. Keeping Spain out of the war: Washington's appeasement of Franco\u003cbr\u003e 4. Torch, Darlan, and the French Maghreb\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'The intricacies of colonial rule'\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Senior partners?'\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'An investment for the future'\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Tehran Conference and the Anglo-American struggle over the invasion of southern France\u003cbr\u003e 9. Helping De Gaulle get his 'talons pretty deeply dug into France'\u003cbr\u003e 10. Italy 'enters the postwar period'\u003cbr\u003e 11. Spain, Wolfram, and the 'liberal turn'\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Culbertson Mission and the open door\u003cbr\u003e 13. 'Balkan-phobia?' The United States, Yugoslavia, and Greece, 1940–5\u003cbr\u003e 14. 'We have become Mediterraneanites'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Military history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Military history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Military%20history%20%5BHBW%5D%22\"\u003eHBW\u003c\/a\u003e], 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265547292952,"sku":"9781107044142","price":68.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107044142i.jpg?v=1692024112","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-grand-strategy-in-the-mediterranean-during-world-war-ii-hardback-9781107044142","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}