02135nam a22003138a 4500 CR9781107358546 UkCbUP 20180107143415.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 130301s2014||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781107358546 (ebook) 9781107044142 (hardback) 9781107620384 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda D766 .B83 2014 940.53/73091822 23 Buchanan, Andrew, author. American Grand Strategy in the Mediterranean during World War II / [electronic resource] Andrew Buchanan. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014. 1 online resource (324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). 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. Print version: 9781107044142 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107358546 Cambridge Books Online 236676 236676