H. James Burgwyn
Encyclopedia
H. James Burgwyn is an American
historian. He is a West Chester University of Pennsylvania
emeritus
Professor of History, and an authority on the foreign policy and military strategy of Italy
in the period from World War I
to World War II
.
Bergwyn lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
.
United States
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historian. He is a West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a public university located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, about miles west of Philadelphia. It is one of the 14 state universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education . West Chester was ranked 69th in the Master's Universities ...
emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus is a post-positive adjective that is used to designate a retired professor, bishop, or other professional or as a title. The female equivalent emerita is also sometimes used.-History:...
Professor of History, and an authority on the foreign policy and military strategy of Italy
History of Italy as a monarchy and in the World Wars
This articles covers the history of Italy as a monarchy and in the World Wars.-Italian unification :Modern Italy became a nation-state during the Risorgimento on March 17, 1861 when most of the states of the Italian Peninsula and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies were united under king Victor...
in the period from World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
to World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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Bergwyn lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
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Published works
- The Legend of the Mutilated Victory: Italy, the Great War, and the Paris Peace Conference, 1915-1919, Greenwood Press (1993) ISBN 0313288852
- Italian Foreign Policy in the Interwar Period: 1918-1940, Praeger Publishers (1997) ISBN 0275948773
- Empire on the Adriatic: Mussolini's Conquest of Yugoslavia 1941-1943, Enigma Books (2005) ISBN 1929631359