Many Not The Few
Immortalized in Churchill's often quoted assertion that never before was so much owed by so few, the top-down narrative of the Battle of Britain has been firmly established in British legend: Britain was saved from German invasion by the gallant band of Fighter Command Pilots in their Spitfires and Hurricanes, and the public owed them their freedom.Richard North's radical re-evaluation of the Battle of Britain dismantles this mythical retelling of events. Taking a wider perspective than the much-discussed air war, North takes a fresh look at the conflict as a whole to show that the civilian experience, far from being separate and distinct, w…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-62040-101-9
- EAN: 9781620401019
- Produktnummer: 25437920
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Usa
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 464 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 0 KB
Über den Autor
Richard North has in recent years won a reputation as one of Britain'smost expert defence analysts, through his Defence of the Realm blog. Formerly aresearch director in the European Parliament, North is also a political analystthrough his EU Referendum blog, which examines Britain's place in the worldwith particular reference to its membership of the European Union.He has co-authored four bestselling books with the Sunday Telegraphcolumnist Christopher Booker, including Scared To Death: From BSE ToGlobal Warming, How Scares Are Costing Us The Earth (2007)and The Great Deception (2005), a comprehensive history of theEuropean Union. He is the author of Ministry of Defeat (2009).
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