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- Title
Lord Rennell, Chief of AMGOT: A Study of His Approach to Politics and Military Government (c.1940-43).
- Authors
Boobbyer, Philip
- Abstract
Following Operation Husky in 1943, Francis Rodd, Lord Rennell (1895-1978) was Chief Civil Affairs Officer of AMGOT (Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories) in Sicily and Southern Italy. He had previously held important posts in civil affairs in Africa. This article examines his approach to politics and military government, with particular reference to his support for 'indirect rule'. This doctrine helped rationalize the fact that British/Allied military rule often rested on a small number of staff. Rennell's thoughts on AMGOT's administrative structures are also covered. A geographer and banker by background, Rennell emerges here as a reform-minded pragmatist.
- Subjects
RENNELL of Rodd, Francis James Rennell Rodd, Baron, 1895-1978; OPERATION Husky, 1943; ALLIED Invasion of Sicily, Italy, 1943; ALLIED Military Government; BRITISH military history
- Publication
War in History, 2018, Vol 25, Issue 3, p304
- ISSN
0968-3445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0968344516671737