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Autore |
French David <1954-> |
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Raising Churchill's army : the British Army and the war against Germany, 1919-1945 / / David French |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
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0-19-154253-9 |
9786610445271 |
1-4416-9369-6 |
0-19-820641-0 |
1-280-44527-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (332 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Great Britain |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Great Britain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2000. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 'How Are You to Succeed without Causing Losses?' Doctrine and Organization, 1919-1939; 2 Regimental Officers and the Rank and File; 3 Weapons and Equipment; 4 Discipline and Morale; 5 The Pre-War Army and the British Expeditionary Force, 1940; 6 The Reformation of the Army, Home Forces, 1940-1943; 7 The Desert War, 1940-1942; 8 Monty's Army: Alam Halfa to the Rhine; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; |
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This is the first serious analysis of the combat capability of the British army in the Second World War. It sweeps away the myth that the army suffered from poor morale, and that it only won its battles through the use of 'brute force' and by reverting to the techniques of the First World War. David French analyses the place of the army in British interwar strategy and during the Second World War. He shows that after 1918 the General Staff tried hard to learn the lessons of the First World War, enthusiastically embracing technology as the best way of minimizing future casualties. In the first |
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