In Sideshow War: The Italian Campaign, 1943–1945, George F. 
Botjer examines the economic, political, and cultural factors that 
influenced the unfolding of the fight for the Italian peninsula. He 
also provides new, unpublished documentation highlighting Axis 
defensive operations in Sicily, their takeover of Italy, and the 
internment of the Italian army along with new data on economic 
conditions in German-occupied northern Italy and the extent to which 
Germany exploited the industries of that region.

    Allied leaders, who never fully committed to liberating Italy as a 
whole, constantly debated the various possible terminal points: Sicily, 
Naples, and Rome. An awareness that the mountainous terrain 
strongly favored the defender resulted in this indecision.

    Incorporating the German, Allied, and Italian points of view, this 
study presents a more comprehensive overview of this phase of the 
war than any previous book.

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Number 49: Texas A&M University Military History Series


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