Book contents
- 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)
- 6 Context
- 7 Turning Papers into Policies
- 8 Dealing with Recalcitrant Allies
- 9 Peripheral Competition
- 10 Shaping Allied Grand Strategy
- 11 Italy’s Empire Project Accepted
- Part III The Forked Road to Victory and Peace (Autumn 1917–Summer 1919)
- Bibliography and Sources
- Index
10 - Shaping Allied Grand Strategy
from Part II - Integrating Italy into the Triple Entente (Spring 1915–Summer 1917)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 December 2020
Book contents
- 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)
- 6 Context
- 7 Turning Papers into Policies
- 8 Dealing with Recalcitrant Allies
- 9 Peripheral Competition
- 10 Shaping Allied Grand Strategy
- 11 Italy’s Empire Project Accepted
- Part III The Forked Road to Victory and Peace (Autumn 1917–Summer 1919)
- Bibliography and Sources
- Index
Summary
Turning the national wars of the Allies into a coherent Allied grand strategy was the ambitious project of the new British Prime Minister, Lloyd George. He however needed to overcome Allied resistance while simultaneously facing unprecedented crises: the Russian Revolution and the U-Boat campaign.
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- Britain and Italy in the Era of the Great WarDefending and Forging Empires, pp. 154 - 173Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020