Gordon Corrigan's "Mud, Blood and Poppycock" overturned the myths that surround the First World War. Now he challenges our assumptions about the Second World War in this brilliant, caustic narrative that exposes just how close Britain came to losing. He reveals how Winston Churchill bears a heavy responsibility for the state of our forces in 1939, and how his interference in military operations caused a string of disasters. The reputations of some of our most famous generals are also overturned: above all, Montgomery, whose ...
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Gordon Corrigan's "Mud, Blood and Poppycock" overturned the myths that surround the First World War. Now he challenges our assumptions about the Second World War in this brilliant, caustic narrative that exposes just how close Britain came to losing. He reveals how Winston Churchill bears a heavy responsibility for the state of our forces in 1939, and how his interference in military operations caused a string of disasters. The reputations of some of our most famous generals are also overturned: above all, Montgomery, whose post-war stature owes more to his skill with a pen than talent for command. But this is not just a story of personalities. Gordon Corrigan investigates how the British, who had the biggest and best army in the world in 1918, managed to forget everything they had learned in just twenty years. The British invented the tank, but in 1940 it was the Germans who showed the world how to use them. After we avoided defeat, but the slimmest of margins, it was a very long haul to defeat Hitler's army, and one in which the Russians would ultimately bear the heaviest burden. This is a magnificent reassessment of Britain's War, from the policy decisions in the 1920s to the great battles and campaigns of 1939-45.
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New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 520 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. FIRST EDITION AS NEW Dark Blue Boards HB 9x7" in similar JET-designed unpriceclipped DJ. An in-depth analysis of Churchills determination to shape the history of the Second World War around himself and keep himself relevant in a progressive society. Will strike a chord with watchers of the Crown. 495pp with index & bibliography, ISBN 029784623x
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