Britain's two world wars against Germany : myth, memory and the distortions of hindsight
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 --...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press,
2014
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| Schlagworte: | World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 Großbritannien Weltkriege Deutschland Rezeption Kollektives Gedächtnis Geschichtsschreibung |
| Umfang: | VIII, 191 S. |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverz. S. [179] - 183 |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 191 S. |
| ISBN: | 9781107659131 1107659132 9781107004719 1107004713 |