Allies and Italians Under Occupation: Sicily and Southern Italy 1943-45

Using original documents, the Allied Occupation of southern Italy, particularly Sicily and Naples, is illustrated by examining crime and unrest by Allied soldiers, deserters, rogue troops and Italian civilians from drunkenness, theft, rape, and murder to riots, demonstrations, black marketeering and prostitution.

Author: I. Williams
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/29/2013
Pages: 307
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780230572591

About the Author

Isobel Williams gained a PhD with the Italian Department of Swansea University in 2006, after a BA in Italian in 2001 and a BSc in Microbiology and Zoology in 1974, also at Swansea University, UK. She has had a varied career, mostly spent in Hong Kong and Japan.