Britain's two world wars against Germany : myth, memory and the distortions of hindsight / Brian Bond.
Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: viii, 191 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107004719; 1107004713; 9781107659131; 1107659132Subject(s): Great Britain -- History, Military -- 20th century | World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Historiography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Historiography | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Germany | Germany -- Foreign relations -- Great BritainDDC classification: 940.4/0941 LOC classification: DA69 | .B65 2014
Contents:
The creation of myths after 1945 -- British policy and strategy -- British generalship in the two world wars -- At the sharp end: combat experience in the two world wars -- Attrition in the First World War: the naval blockade -- Attrition in the Second World War: the strategic bombing of Germany -- The transformation of war on the western front, 1914 -- 1918 -- The British Army's learning process in the Second World War -- After the wars: Britain's gains and losses.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The creation of myths after 1945 -- British policy and strategy -- British generalship in the two world wars -- At the sharp end: combat experience in the two world wars -- Attrition in the First World War: the naval blockade -- Attrition in the Second World War: the strategic bombing of Germany -- The transformation of war on the western front, 1914 -- 1918 -- The British Army's learning process in the Second World War -- After the wars: Britain's gains and losses.
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