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Britain''s Two World Wars Against Germany
Myth, Memory and the Distortions of Hindsight

English · Paperback / Softback

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A rare comparative account of Britain's achievements in two wars against Germany, which challenges popular views.


About the author

Brian Bond is Emeritus Professor of Military History at King's College London, where he has played a leading role in the development of military history in the Department of War Studies from 1966 to 2001. He was president of the British Commission for Military History from 1986 to 2006. He has published numerous books including The Unquiet Western Front (2002) and Survivors of a Kind: Memoirs of the Western Front (2008).

Summary

Leading military historian Brian Bond challenges popular views of the First World War as catastrophic and futile and the Second World War as a well-conducted and victorious moral crusade. He shows that in a number of important respects Britain was more successful in the First World War than in the Second.

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