ID - 79255061 TI - American grand strategy in the Mediterranean during World War II PY - 2014 SN - 9781107044142 9781107620384 9781107358546 9781107693524 1107693527 110735854X 1107044146 1107620384 1139893696 1107702011 1107670918 1107704030 1107598788 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - World history KW - anno 1940-1949 KW - Mediterranean countries KW - United States KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Strategy KW - Campaigns KW - Diplomatic history. KW - History KW - Historiography KW - Mediterranean Region KW - Circum-Mediterranean countries KW - Mediterranean Area KW - Mediterranean Sea Region KW - Strategic aspects. KW - Military policy. KW - United States of America UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:79255061 AB - This book offers a thorough reinterpretation of US engagement with the Mediterranean during World War II. Andrew Buchanan argues that the United States was far from being a reluctant participant in a 'peripheral' theater, and that Washington had a major grand-strategic interest in the region. By the end of the war the Mediterranean was essentially an American lake, and the United States had substantial political and economic interests extending from North Africa, via Italy and the Balkans, to the Middle East. This book examines the military, diplomatic, and economic processes by which this hegemonic position was assembled and consolidated. It discusses the changing character of the Anglo-American alliance, the establishment of post-war spheres of influence, the nature of presidential leadership, and the common interest of all the leaders of the 'Grand Alliance' in blocking the development of potentially revolutionary movements emerging from the chaos of war, occupation, and economic breakdown. ER -