| title | page |
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| Preface | viii |
| PART I |
| i. | 1939 | 1 |
| ii. | Mussolini decides on Intervention | 11 |
| iii. | At War | 19 |
| iv. | The Dictatorship in extremis | 33 |
| v. | The Coup d'état | 39 |
| vi. | A Review of the Situation | 48 |
| vii. | The New Government and the German Reaction | 54 |
| viii. | The Armistice | 65 |
| ix. | From Rome to Brindisi | 76 |
| PART II |
| x. | First Days at Brindisi | 87 |
| xi. | Military Problems | 98 |
| xii. | The Difficulties increase | 105 |
| xiii. | The Government Extends its Jurisdiction | 118 |
| xiv. | The Pact with Russia : Roosevelt's Declaration | 128 |
| xv. | The New Provinces: The Allied Control Commission: The Elimination of Fascism | 136 |
| xvi. | The Constitutional Compromise | 143 |
| xvii. | The Government of Democratic Unity | 151 |
| xviii. | The Liberation of Rome: The Lieutenant Generalship: The New Government | 161 |
| xix. | Italy and the Allies | 170 |
| APPENDIXES |
| Note | 177 |
| Document 1, The Royal Italian Army | 177 |
| Document 2, The Royal Italian Navy | 186 |
| Document 3, The Royal Italian Air Force | 189 |
| Document 4, The Government and the Patriots | 192 |
| Document 5, The Prisoners of War | 194 |
| Document 6, Internal Reconstruction | 203 |
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