The Italian Army and the First World War

by John Gooch

Book Overview

This is a major new account of the role and performance of the Italian army during the First World War. Drawing from original, archival research, it tells the story of the army's bitter three-year struggle in the mountains of Northern Italy, including the eleven bloody battles of the Isonzo, the near-catastrophic defeat at Caporetto in 1917 and the successful, but still controversial defeat of the Austro-Hungarian army at Vittorio Veneto on the eve...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521149371
• ISBN13: 9780521149372
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"