Raising Churchill''s Army - The British Army and the War Against Germany 1919-1945

Zusatztext Arresting new study ... a bold book - the boldness of its conception too easily taken for granted - as stimulating and discriminating as anything in the field since the iconoclastic Firepower: British Army Weapons and Theories of War 1904-1945 (1982) by Shelford Bidwell and Dominick Graham ... His work is a comprehensive exercise in ground-clearing, and a searching assessment of each element of fighting power ... It is a noble calling, and it makes a convincing book. Klappentext This is the first detailed analysis of the combat capability of the British army in the Second World War. It sweeps away the myth that the army suffered from poor morale, and that it only won its battles through the use of 'brute force' and by reverting to the techniques of the First World War. Few soldiers were actively eager to close with the enemy, but the morale of the army never collapsed and its combat capability steadily improved from 1942 onwards. Zusammenfassung In this analysis of the combat capability of the British army in World War II, David French shows that after 1918 the General Staff tried hard to learn the lessons of World War I, enthusiastically embracing technology as the best way of minimizing future casualties.

Product details

• Authors: David French, David (Professor of History French, French David
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.06.2000
• EAN: 9780198206415
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820641-5
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), European History, HISTORY / Military / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Defence strategy, planning & research, British & Irish history, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Military and defence strategy, Modern warfare, Land forces and warfare, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater