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Mussolini's Propaganda Abroad: Subversion in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, 1935-1940 book cover

1st Edition

Mussolini's Propaganda Abroad Subversion in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, 1935-1940

By Manuela Williams Copyright 2006
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge
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This is the first major study in English of Fascist Italy’s overseas propaganda. Using rare Italian and French captured documents, this is also the first investigation into the relationship between Mussolini’s regime and Arab nationalist movements This new account covers propaganda and subversive activities engineered by the Italian government in the Mediterranean and the Middle East from 1935... Read more

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part I. The interwar period

1. The challenge of nationalism: re-structuring the British empire

2. A European Muslim power: Italy’s policies in the mare nostrum and the Red Sea

3. Fascist Italy challenges the Anglo-Saudi partnership

Part II. Palestine and the radicalisation of Arab struggle: Italian and German propaganda, 1935-1940

4. The origins of the unrest: the sale of land

5. Italian activities in Palestine: Mussolini, "The Sword of Islam"

6. Nazi Germany in the Middle East: the Auswärtiges Amt and the Palestine question

Part III. Italian propaganda in Egypt: Egyptian politics, Italian communities and Arab nationalism

7. Challenging the old system: Italian activities in British and French colonies

8. The "Arabisation" of Egyptian nationalism

9. Structure and forms of Italian propaganda

Part IV. Defending the empire: British imperial propaganda and counter-intelligence, 1936-1940

10. The war of words: British cultural diplomacy and counter-propaganda in the Middle East

11. Monitoring the enemy: British intelligence and counter-intelligence services in the interwar years

12. Mussolini’s secret army: Italian services from the First to the Second World War

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Williams, Manuela

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