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050		4	_aD802.F8 _bS483 2016
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100	1		_aSica, Emanuele, _d1975- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMussolini's army in the French Riviera : _bItaly's occupation of France / _cEmanuele Sica.
264		1	_aUrbana : _bUniversity of Illinois Press, _c[2016]
264		4	_c2016
300			_a1 online resource (313 pages) : _billustrations, portraits.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aThe history of military occupation
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aChronology of the Italian Occupation of Southeastern France -- Part I. The Latin Sisters and the Coming of the Second World War -- Introduction -- Countdown to War -- Part II. The Armistice Period : June 1940-November 1942 -- The Italian Armistice Commission with France (CIAF) -- Italian Irredentism and French Patriotism in the Cote d'Azur -- A Prelude to Full Occupation -- Part III. The Italian Occupation of Southeastern France : November 1942-September 1943 -- The November 1942 Invasion -- The Italians Settle In -- Life under the Occupation -- Military Repression, Civilian Resistance -- Collaboration and Accommodation -- The Italian Jewish Policy in France -- Drawing the Curtain on the Occupation -- Conclusion.
520	2		_a"Following the conquest of Europe during the WWII, the Axis powers implemented occupation policies, often savage and brutal, to consolidate their European empire. After the war, a myth of Italiani Brava Gente (Italians, good fellows) perpetuated the belief that Italian soldiers were essentially good-natured and, unlike the German forces, incapable of perpetrating massacres against local civilians. In this study, Emanuele Sica examines the Italian military occupation of the French Riviera and Alpine region from June 1940 to September 1943, with particular attention to the relationship between Italian soldiers and the local population. The Italian occupation policy in France, unlike the one in the Balkans, was moderate and low in casualties. This mild approach to occupation of foreign soil was due in part to pragmatic reasons. Italian local commanders understood that softening their occupation policy was the best means of preventing the formation of partisan groups in the area. In fact, the Italians' strategic nightmare would have been an Allied seaborne invasion from the Mediterranean while concurrently fighting a Resistance uprising in France. Confronted with overstretched lines, pervasively poor morale within the ranks of the Italian occupation army in France and outdated materiel, the local command avoided harsh measures that could drive the French population towards resistance. However, Sica also asserts that the cultural proximity between the soldiers and the local population, 1/4 of which was Italian, played an important role in positively shaping the relationships between occupiers and occupied, smoothing the sharp angles of miscommunication and minimizing inevitable cultural faux-pas at a time of great uncertainty and tension"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
610	1	0	_aItaly. _bEsercito _xHistory _yWorld War, 1939-1945.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zFrance _zRiviera.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xSocial aspects _zFrance _zRiviera.
651		0	_aFrance _xHistory _yItalian occupation, 1942-1943.
651		0	_aRiviera (France) _xHistory, Military _y20th century.
651		0	_aRiviera (France) _xSocial conditions _y20th century.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aSica, Emanuele. _tMussolini's army in the French Riviera : Italy's occupation of France. _dUrbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016] _kThe history of military occupation _z9780252039850
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aHistory of military occupation.
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4401390 _zClick to View
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