The United States and Fascist Italy
The Rise of American Finance in Europe

Originally published in Italian in 1980, Migone covers the relationship between the United States and Italy during the interwar years.

Gian Giacomo Migone (Author), Molly Tambor (Translated by)

9781107002456, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 5 May 2015

453 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 3 cm, 0.78 kg

'This careful and accomplished translation of a richly detailed account of the US relationship, governmental and financial, with Fascist Italy from Mussolini's accession to power in 1922 to the eve of war in 1939 was originally published in Italy in 1980. The author … provides a remarkably thoughtful preface to this edition, offering reflections on the historian's responsibilities.' Choice

Originally published in Italian in 1980, Gli Stati Uniti e il fascismo: Alle origini dell'egemonia Americana in Italia is regarded today as a crucial text on the relationship between the United States and Italy during the interwar years. Aside from the addition of two new prefaces - one by the author and one by the book's translator, Molly Tambor - the original text has remained unchanged, so that Anglophone readers now have the opportunity to engage with this classic work. By analyzing the enduring relationship between the United States - especially its financial establishment - and fascist Italy up until Mussolini's conquest of Ethiopia in 1935, this book provides answers to some key questions about the interconnectedness of America's rise to hegemonic global financial power in the twentieth century and its support of Italian fascism during this time.

Introduction: the origins of American hegemony in Europe
1. The United States and the rise of fascism in Italy
2. United States economic policy toward Italy
3. The United States and Italy confront the Great Depression
4. Roosevelt and fascist Italy, from the London Economic Conference to the Italo-Ethiopian War (1933–6)
5. Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ], International relations [JPS], 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], History of the Americas [HBJK], European history [HBJD]