The Resource When Britain saved the west : the story of 1940, Robin Prior
When Britain saved the west : the story of 1940, Robin Prior
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- Summary
- From the comfortable distance of seven decades, it is quite easy to view the victory of the Allies over Hitler's Germany as inevitable. But in 1940 Great Britain's defeat loomed perilously close, and no other nation stepped up to confront the Nazi threat. In this cogently argued book, Robin Prior delves into the documents of the time - war diaries, combat reports, Home Security's daily files, and much more - to uncover how Britain endured a year of menacing crises. The book reassesses key events of 1940 - crises that were recognized as such at the time and others not fully appreciated. Prior examines Neville Chamberlain's government, Churchill's opponents, the collapse of France, the Battle of Britain, and the Blitz. He looks critically at the position of the United States before Pearl Harbor, and at Roosevelt's response to the crisis. Prior concludes that the nation was saved through a combination of political leadership, British Expeditionary Force determination and skill, Royal Air Force and Navy efforts to return soldiers to the homeland, and the determination of the people to fight on "in spite of all terror." As eloquent as it is controversial, this book exposes the full import of events in 1940, when Britain fought alone and Western civilization hung in the balance
- Language
- eng
- Label
- When Britain saved the west : the story of 1940
- Title
- When Britain saved the west
- Title remainder
- the story of 1940
- Statement of responsibility
- Robin Prior
- Subject
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain
- trueGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945
- trueBritain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940
- trueWorld War II -- Great Britain
- trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts -- World War II
- trueBattles
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueHistory writing -- Europe | United Kingdom
- trueBritain, Battle of, 1940
- trueMilitary history
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the comfortable distance of seven decades, it is quite easy to view the victory of the Allies over Hitler's Germany as inevitable. But in 1940 Great Britain's defeat loomed perilously close, and no other nation stepped up to confront the Nazi threat. In this cogently argued book, Robin Prior delves into the documents of the time - war diaries, combat reports, Home Security's daily files, and much more - to uncover how Britain endured a year of menacing crises. The book reassesses key events of 1940 - crises that were recognized as such at the time and others not fully appreciated. Prior examines Neville Chamberlain's government, Churchill's opponents, the collapse of France, the Battle of Britain, and the Blitz. He looks critically at the position of the United States before Pearl Harbor, and at Roosevelt's response to the crisis. Prior concludes that the nation was saved through a combination of political leadership, British Expeditionary Force determination and skill, Royal Air Force and Navy efforts to return soldiers to the homeland, and the determination of the people to fight on "in spite of all terror." As eloquent as it is controversial, this book exposes the full import of events in 1940, when Britain fought alone and Western civilization hung in the balance
- Summary
- Drawing on documents of the time?war diaries, combat reports and Home Security's daily files?a reassessment of key events of 1940 reveals how Britain endured a year of menacing crises as they fought alone and Western civilization hung in the balance
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- 10434075
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Prior, Robin
- Dewey number
- 940.5341
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1939-1945
- Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940
- Great Britain
- Target audience
- adult
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- the story of 1940
- Label
- When Britain saved the west : the story of 1940, Robin Prior
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliography and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000054210455
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 335 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300166620
- Isbn Type
- (cl : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2014047024
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- plates
- Label
- When Britain saved the west : the story of 1940, Robin Prior
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliography and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000054210455
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 335 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300166620
- Isbn Type
- (cl : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2014047024
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- plates
Subject
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueBattles
- trueBritain, Battle of, 1940
- trueBritain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940
- trueGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945
- trueHistory writing -- Europe | United Kingdom
- trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts -- World War II
- trueMilitary history
- trueWorld War II -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain
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