Allies and Italians under Occupation : Sicily and Southern Italy 1943--45

Using original documents, the Allied Occupation of southern Italy, particularly Sicily and Naples, is illustrated by examining crime and unrest by Allied soldiers, deserters, rogue troops and Italian civilians from drunkenness, theft, rape, and murder to riots, demonstrations, black marketeering and prostitution. "War is chaos; an occupying force must bring order out of that chaos. The Allied Occupation of Italy is studied by examining crime, law and order in Sicily and southern Italy, where all forms of Allied and liberated Italian government were used and which also contained Italy's two historically most troublesome areas, Naples and Sicily. Effective society requires law and order to exist; this book examines the behaviour of a million Allied servicemen on the ordinary citizens of Italy, recently 'the enemy', from the nuisance of drunkenness to rape and murder. Many Italian law and order issues were caused by political conflict, land occupations and the poor availability of food and other essentials. The last led to unrest, discontent, a thriving black market, prostitution and a resurgence of crime. All these are examined, using original documents, as are police and Allied performance and the curious absence of the Mafia"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 3-10 Preparation: Structure, Training and Police....Pages 11-28 Front Matter....Pages 29-29 Soldier Trouble....Pages 31-44 The Moroccan Goumiers of the FEC....Pages 45-57 Deserters and Absentees....Pages 58-76 Justice and Statistics....Pages 77-86 Front Matter....Pages 87-87 Allied Proclamations....Pages 89-106 Italian Trouble: Crime....Pages 107-139 Italian Trouble: Disorder....Pages 140-166 Front Matter....Pages 167-167 Black Market....Pages 169-194 Prostitution....Pages 195-202 Front Matter....Pages 203-203 Police Performance....Pages 205-222 Occupation....Pages 223-229 Back Matter....Pages 230-308