Cargando…

The United States and fascist Italy : the rise of American finance in Europe /

"The Origins of American Hegemony in Europe 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 fr...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Migone, Gian Giacomo (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface to the English Edition: "Je ne regrette rien"
  • Preface to the Italian Edition: Sources, words, and debts
  • Translator's Preface
  • Introduction The Origins of American Hegemony in Europe
  • 1. American Economic Power after the First World War
  • 2. Class Conflict in the United States
  • 3. The Defeat of the American Working Class
  • 4. American Expansion in Europe
  • 5. American Policy for European Stabilization
  • Chapter 1 The United States and the Rise of Fascism in Italy
  • 1. United States' Policy and the Isolation of Italy before Fascism
  • 2. American Reactions to the Rise of Fascism
  • 3. The Matteotti Crisis and the Manipulation of the Press
  • 4. American Reactions to Mussolini's Early Foreign Policy
  • 5. The Shaping of Italian Foreign Policy
  • 6. Mussolini's Policy toward the United States
  • Chapter 2 United States Economic Policy toward Italy
  • 1. The Question of War Debt
  • 2. The Role of the House of Morgan
  • 3. Italian War Debt: Background
  • 4. The Start of Negotiations
  • 5. The Volpi Mission
  • 6. Explaining the Accord
  • 7. American Investments in Italy
  • 8. The Morgan Bank and Investments
  • 9. American Investments in Europe
  • 10. The Stabilization of the Lira
  • Chapter 3 The United States and Italy Confront the Great Depression
  • 1. The Economic Crisis and International Relations
  • 2. Hoover and Stimson's Foreign Policy
  • 3. Italian Foreign Policy from Mussolini to Grandi
  • 4. The London Naval Conference
  • 5. The World Disarmament Conference
  • 6. Economic Collaboration between the United States and Italy in the Face of the Crisis
  • 7. Grandi's Visit to Washington
  • 8. The Lausanne Conference
  • 9. The Significance of Grandi's Policies.
  • Chapter 4 Roosevelt and Fascist Italy, from the London Economic Conference to the Italo-Ethiopian War (1933-1936)
  • 1. Foreign Policy during the Roosevelt Administration
  • 2. Roosevelt and Italian Fascism
  • 3. War in Ethiopia. Challenges the Principle of Collective Security
  • 4. The Role of the United States
  • 5. The Position of the Roosevelt Administration
  • 6. Italo-American Trade and the Oil Question
  • 7. The Debate on the Embargo of Raw Materials
  • 8. The Neutrality Act of 1936
  • 9. The Solidifying of Political Factions
  • 10. Italian-Americans and the Ethiopian War
  • 11. The Opposition of Exporters
  • 12. American Diplomats and Appeasement
  • 13. The Morgan Bank and Appeasement
  • 14. The Origins of American Opposition to the Dictatorships
  • Conclusion
  • Index.