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The Path to Victory : The Mediterranean Theater in World War II

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Brilliantly argued, with vivid portraits of Churchill, Montgomery, FDR, Rommel, and Mussolini, this original, accessible, and compelling account of a little-known theater emphasizes the importance of the Mediterranean in the ultimate Allied victory in Europe in World War II.

The Mediterranean theater in World War II has long been overlooked by historians who believe it was little more than a string of small-scale battles--sideshows that were of minor importance in a war whose outcome was decided in the clashes of mammoth tank armies in northern Europe. But in this ground-breaking new book, one of our finest military historians argues that the Mediterranean was World War II's pivotal theater.

Douglas Porch's The Path to Victory examines the Mediterranean as an integrated arena, one in which events in Syria and Suez influenced the survival of Gibraltar. Without a Mediterranean alternative, the Western Allies would probably have committed to a premature cross-Channel invasion in 1943 that might well have cost them the war.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780374529765
  • ISBN-10: 0374529760
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Publish Date: June 2005
  • Dimensions: 8.64 x 5.8 x 1.51 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.19 pounds
  • Page Count: 816

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