Preface
The Allies Prepare
The Axis Defenses of Sicily
Invasion
The Eighth Army's Drive
The Seventh Army's Drive
The Fall of Mussolini
Confusion
Race for Messina
The Surrender of Italy and the Surprise that Wasn't
Unrest at Quadrant
Salerno
The Strategic Trap
A Series of Delaying Actions…
The Advance Is Stopped
The Rapido River Fiasco
Crossing
Anzio
The Attack on Cassino
The Bombing of Monte Cassino
The Germans at Anzio
Spring Offensive
The End of the Gustav Line
Breakthrough
The Fall of Rome
North from Rome
Cracking the Gothic Line
The Center of the Line
Winter Doldrums
To the Bitter End
Bibliographic Essay
Index
Details the planning, execution, and implications of the Allied landings on the Italian peninsula.
EDWIN P. HOYT is an independent historian. He is the author of more than 150 books, mostly in the area of military history, including The Last Kamikaze (Praeger, 1993) and Hirohito (Praeger, 1992). Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Hoyt turned his attention to journalism after service in the Pacific theater during World War II. He has written for the Denver Post, Collier's Magazine, and American Heritage, as well as for CBS news.
"This sharp-edged, operationally focused narrative, aimed at a
general audience, demonstrates the difficulties the Allies faced
during the World War II Italian campaign while arguing strongly
that the campaign itself was unnecessary, the result of confused
strategic planning."-Dennis Showalter United States Military
Academy
.,."a meticulous and exacting survey and analysis of the campaign
waged by Allied forces in Sicily and Italy. Combining extensive
detail and military theory, Hoyt forcefully contends that the
Normandy campaign was both unduly costly and ultimately
unnecessary, and that in the final analysis it lengthened an
already devastating war. An intriguing analysis, Backwater War is
an impressive and welcome contribution to personal reading lists
and Military History collections."-The Midwest Book Review
?...a meticulous and exacting survey and analysis of the campaign
waged by Allied forces in Sicily and Italy. Combining extensive
detail and military theory, Hoyt forcefully contends that the
Normandy campaign was both unduly costly and ultimately
unnecessary, and that in the final analysis it lengthened an
already devastating war. An intriguing analysis, Backwater War is
an impressive and welcome contribution to personal reading lists
and Military History collections.?-The Midwest Book Review
?An intriguing analysis, Backwater War is an impressive and welcome
contribution to personal reading lists and Military History
collections.?-Reviewer's Bookwatch
"An intriguing analysis, Backwater War is an impressive and welcome
contribution to personal reading lists and Military History
collections."-Reviewer's Bookwatch
..."a meticulous and exacting survey and analysis of the campaign
waged by Allied forces in Sicily and Italy. Combining extensive
detail and military theory, Hoyt forcefully contends that the
Normandy campaign was both unduly costly and ultimately
unnecessary, and that in the final analysis it lengthened an
already devastating war. An intriguing analysis, Backwater War is
an impressive and welcome contribution to personal reading lists
and Military History collections."-The Midwest Book Review
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