The Rome-Berlin Axis

The Rome-Berlin Axis is a 1949 book by British historian Elizabeth Wiskemann. It is a study of the Axis alliance of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany with particular emphasis on the relationship between Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.

It was published by Oxford University Press as a 376-page hardcover in 1949. Collins (London) published a 446-page revised edition in 1966.

Contents

 * Introduction
 * Note on Sources
 * I. ''Pupils of Nietzsche
 * II ''The Quarrel over Austria
 * III. ''Germany and the Attack upon Abyssinia
 * IV.'' 'This Berlin-Rome Line is not a Diaphragm but rather an Axis'
 * V. ''The Duce in Germany
 * VI. ''Austria Lost and Won
 * VII. ''The Führer in Italy


 * VIII. ''Mediation at Munich
 * IX. ''The Steel Pact
 * X.'' 'To attack Poland at the First Suitable Opportunity'
 * XI. ''The Axis Shaken
 * XII. ''The Mission of Sumner Welles
 * XIII. ''Mussolini Declares War
 * XIV. ''The Attack upon Greece
 * XV. ''The Axis and Franco
 * XVI. ''Operations Marita and Barbarossa
 * XVII. ''The New Order
 * XVIII. ''Italy Rebels
 * XIX.'' 'Mésalliance'
 * XX. ''Nazis and Neo-Fascists
 * XXI. ''Epilogue
 * ''Bibliography
 * ''Appendix: The Steel Pact
 * ''Indexes: (A) Persons (with biographical notes)
 * ''(B) Subjects and Places