Britain and Italy, 1943-1949 : A Study of the Failure of British Foreign Policy Book

	Acknowledgements
	Introduction	1
1	Italy: from Enemy to Co-Belligerent, July-October 1943	5
	Britain-Italy: strategy on the eve of surrender	5
	Italy surrenders unconditionally	14
	The status of the Badoglio government	22
	Italy declares war on Germany	33
2	Britain and the Badoglio Government, November 1943-April 1944	37
	First attempts to broaden the government	37
	American policy	41
	The proposals of the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean	48
	The Soviet Union enters the field	57
	Towards the broadening of the Badoglio government	63
3	Britain's New Course in Italy, April-September 1944	68
	Badoglio's request for allied status	68
	Readiness for a preliminary peace treaty	72
	Badoglio's fall	76
	The preliminary peace treaty is broached again	83
	Churchill in Italy	87
4	From Power Policy to Support, September 1944-July 1945	93
	America demands the dissolution of the armistice regime	93
	Britain retreats from her Italian policy	100
	Moves towards a peace treaty	107
5	The Peace Treaty, September 1945-February 1947	112
	The policy of the Great Powers	112
	The British 'victory'	117
6	Britain Wavers between Strengthening or Weakening Italy, February 1947-April 1948	129
	Italy's attempts at rapprochement	129
	The April 1948 elections - British caution	132
7	Britain, Italy and the Establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty, April 1949	142
	Italy's integration in Bevin's plan	142
	Britain opposes the deal with Italy	150
	The British stance hardens	156
	The American decision	166
	Conclusions	179
	Notes	183
	Bibliography	213
	Index	221