Britain at bay : 1938-1941 : the epic story of the Second World War
Allport, Alan, 1970-2020
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In the bleak first half of the Second World War, Britain stood alone against the Axis forces. Isolated and outmanoeuvred, it seemed as though she might fall at any moment. Only an extraordinary effort of courage - by ordinary men and women - held the line. The Second World War is the defining experience of modern British history, a new Iliad for our own times. But, as Alan Allport reveals in this, the first part of a major new two-volume history, the real story was often very different from the myth that followed it. From the subtle moral calculus of appeasement to the febrile dusts of the Western Desert, Allport interrogates every aspect of the conflict - and exposes its echoes in our own age. Challenging orthodoxy and casting fresh light on famous events from Dunkirk to the Blitz, this is the real story of a clash between civilisations that remade the world in its image.
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Author:
Allport, Alan, 1970-, author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2020.
Collation:
xviii, 590 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781781257814 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5341940.534
LC class:
D759
Local class:
940.534
Language:
English
BRN:
2731348