Includes bibliographical references (p. 771-779) and index.
Contents
Introduction: A strategist's nightmare -- Chapter 1: 1940 : War comes to the Mediterranean -- Chapter 2: "The Norway of Mediterranean" -- Chapter 3: Tactical triumphs, strategic misjudgments -- Chapter 4: Rommel's war: a perfect battlefield -- Chapter 5: "The great kingdom of terror" -- Chapter 6: Monty's war : El Alamein - the unnecessary battle? -- Chapter 7: "FDR's secret baby" -- Chapter 8 : Tunisia : "the Verdun of the Mediterranean" -- Chapter 9: Husky : "one continent redeemed" -- Chapter 10: "The Mediterranean year" -- Chapter 11: The incomplete victory -- Chapter 12: The Mediterranean road to France's resurrection, 1940-45 -- Chapter 13: Cassino without the monastery : cracking the gothic line -- Conclusion: The pivotal theater.
