Italy Invades - Hardcover

Christopher Kelly; Stuart Laycock

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1940598729 ISBN 13: 9781940598727

Publisher: Book Publishers Network, 2015

Synopsis

Italy Invades, full of restless adventurers, canny generals, and the occasional scoundrel, is a fast-paced and compelling read, the perfect sequel to America Invades.

Recreating their success with America Invades, Christopher Kelly and Stuart Laycock take another global tour, this time starting from Italy and exploring that country's military involvements throughout the ancient and modern worlds. From the empire building of the Romans, through the globe-spanning Age of Exploration, to the multinational cooperation of NATO, Italy has conquered and explored countries as diverse and far-ranging as Cape Verde and Mongolia and Uruguay. With the additional guide of maps and photographs, the reader can visually follow the Italians as they conquer the world.

The book also contains an excerpt from the never before published An Adventure in 1914, written by Christopher Kelly's maternal great-grandfather, Thomas Tileston Wells. Wells served as the American consul general to Romania each summer; and in the summer of 1914, as war exploded across Europe, he was there with his wife and two children.

About this title

From the Author:

Italy Invades: How Italians Conquered the World is the third book in a series that began with Stuart Laycock's 2012 All the Countries We've Invaded.  His book, published by History Press, documented how Britain invaded 90% of all the countries in the world.  Together Laycock and I wrote America Invades (published in 2014).  With Italy Invades we turned to the grandfather of all empires -- Rome.  We defined Italy in a broad sense from ancient Rome to the present day.  We examined the military impact of Italy upon the entire world.  We devote a chapter to every country in the world from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe detailing the Italian role.Our book is filled with surprises.  We discuss all three Italian invasions of Russia.  We write about how President Lincoln nearly hired Garibaldi to be a Commander in the Union Army.  We tell the story of how Giovanni Martini served as a bugler for General Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn...and survived!Italian military history is shrouded by stereotypes and misconceptions.  We strip away the propaganda to reveal a rich and fascinating history.

From the Inside Flap:

Recreating their success with America Invades, Christopher Kelly and Stuart Laycock take another global tour, this time starting from Italy and exploring that country's military involvements throughout the ancient and modern worlds.  From the empire building of the Romans, through the globe-spanning Age of Exploration, to the multi-national cooperation of NATO, Italy has conquered and explored countries as diverse and far-ranging as Cape Verde and Mongolia and Uruguay.  With the additional guide of maps and photographs, the reader can visually follow the Italians as they conquer the world.The book also contains an excerpt from the never before published An Adventure in 1914, written by Christopher Kelly's maternal great grandfather, Thomas Tileston Wells.  Wells served as Romania's consul general to the United States for many years.  In the summer of 1914, as war exploded across Europe, he was there with his wife and children.Italy Invades: How Italians Conquered the World, full of restless adventurers, canny generals, and the occasional scoundrel, is a fast-paced and compelling read, the perfect sequel to America Invades.Learn more at italyinvades.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Book Publishers Network
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1940598729
• ISBN 13: 9781940598727
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 312