Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The creation of myths after 1945
- 2 British policy and strategy
- 3 British generalship in the two world wars
- 4 At the sharp end: combat experience in the two world wars
- 5 Attrition in the First World War: the naval blockade
- 6 Attrition in the Second World War: The strategic bombing of Germany
- 7 The transformation of war on the Western Front, 1914–1918
- 8 The British Army’s learning process in the Second World War
- 9 After the wars: Britain’s gains and losses
- Appendix
- Select bibliography
- Index
- References
Select bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The creation of myths after 1945
- 2 British policy and strategy
- 3 British generalship in the two world wars
- 4 At the sharp end: combat experience in the two world wars
- 5 Attrition in the First World War: the naval blockade
- 6 Attrition in the Second World War: The strategic bombing of Germany
- 7 The transformation of war on the Western Front, 1914–1918
- 8 The British Army’s learning process in the Second World War
- 9 After the wars: Britain’s gains and losses
- Appendix
- Select bibliography
- Index
- References
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- Britain's Two World Wars against GermanyMyth, Memory and the Distortions of Hindsight, pp. 179 - 183Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014
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