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- Britain and Italy in the Era of the Great War
- Cambridge Military Histories
- Britain and Italy in the Era of the Great War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgement
- Introduction
- Part I Making the Anglo-Italian Entente (1911–1915)
- Part II Integrating Italy into the Triple Entente (Spring 1915–Summer 1917)
- Part III The Forked Road to Victory and Peace (Autumn 1917–Summer 1919)
- 12 Context
- 13 Clash of Responsibilities
- 14 Response to Military Emergencies
- 15 Re-shaping Allied Grand Strategy
- 16 Propaganda As a Strategy
- 17 Divided at the Finish Line
- 18 Versailles 1919
- Epilogue: Bloody Christmas in Fiume
- Conclusions
- Bibliography and Sources
- Index
Epilogue: Bloody Christmas in Fiume
from Part III - The Forked Road to Victory and Peace (Autumn 1917–Summer 1919)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 December 2020
- Britain and Italy in the Era of the Great War
- Cambridge Military Histories
- Britain and Italy in the Era of the Great War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgement
- Introduction
- Part I Making the Anglo-Italian Entente (1911–1915)
- Part II Integrating Italy into the Triple Entente (Spring 1915–Summer 1917)
- Part III The Forked Road to Victory and Peace (Autumn 1917–Summer 1919)
- 12 Context
- 13 Clash of Responsibilities
- 14 Response to Military Emergencies
- 15 Re-shaping Allied Grand Strategy
- 16 Propaganda As a Strategy
- 17 Divided at the Finish Line
- 18 Versailles 1919
- Epilogue: Bloody Christmas in Fiume
- Conclusions
- Bibliography and Sources
- Index
Summary
After the signing of the German Treaty, interest in the Peace Conference in international public opinion began to wane, and many governments shifted focus to post-war economic and social needs and demobilisation problems. But not in Italy. The newly appointed Prime Minister was Nitti, who chose Tittoni as Foreign Minister. They had to cope with an increasingly desperate domestic situation. The United States was holding up a badly needed credit of $25 million and increasing discontent in the Italian peasantry – largely caused by unfulfilled promises of land re-distribution – threatened the very institutional structures of the nation.
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- Britain and Italy in the Era of the Great WarDefending and Forging Empires, pp. 327 - 333Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020