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Allies and Italians under Occupation

Sicily and Southern Italy 1943-45

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Occupation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

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      Pages 3-10

    3. Preparation: Structure, Training and Police

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      Pages 11-28

  3. Allied Crime

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. Soldier Trouble

      • Isobel Williams
      Pages 31-44

    3. The Moroccan Goumiers of the FEC

      • Isobel Williams
      Pages 45-57

    4. Deserters and Absentees

      • Isobel Williams
      Pages 58-76

    5. Justice and Statistics

      • Isobel Williams
      Pages 77-86

  4. Italian Crime and Law and Order

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. Allied Proclamations

      • Isobel Williams
      Pages 89-106

    3. Italian Trouble: Crime

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      Pages 107-139

    4. Italian Trouble: Disorder

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      Pages 140-166

  5. Collaboration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Black Market

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      Pages 169-194

    3. Prostitution

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      Pages 195-202

  6. Assessment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. Police Performance

      • Isobel Williams
      Pages 205-222

    3. Occupation

      • Isobel Williams
      Pages 223-229

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 230-308
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About this book

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.

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Allies and Italians under Occupation

  • Book Subtitle: Sicily and Southern Italy 1943-45

  • Authors: Isobel Williams

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230359284

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-57259-1Published: 29 July 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-36436-7Published: 01 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-35928-4Published: 30 July 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 307

  • Topics: European History, Modern History, History of Italy, History of Military, Social History, Political History

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