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From statesmen and military commanders to ordinary Britons, a bold, sweeping history of Britain''s entrance into World War II—and its efforts to survive it—illuminating the ways in which the war permanently transformed a nation and its people
 
“Might be the single best examination of British politics, society and strategy in these four years that has ever been written.” —The Wall Street Journal


Here is the many-faceted, world-historically significant story of Britain at war. In looking closely at the military and political dimensions of the conflict’s first crucial years, Alan Allport tackles pressing questions such as whether the war could have been avoided, how it could have been lost, how well the British lived up to their own values, and ultimately, what difference the war made to the fate of the nation. In answering these questions, he reexamines our assumptions and paints a vivid p

Britain at Bay

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      Publisher Random House USA Inc
      Published 26 October 2021
      ISBN-13 9781101974698
      978-1101974698
      ISBN-10 1101974699

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From statesmen and military commanders to ordinary Britons, a bold, sweeping history of Britain''s entrance into World War II—and its efforts to survive it—illuminating the ways in which the war permanently transformed a nation and its people
       
      “Might be the single best examination of British politics, society and strategy in these four years that has ever been written.” —The Wall Street Journal


      Here is the many-faceted, world-historically significant story of Britain at war. In looking closely at the military and political dimensions of the conflict’s first crucial years, Alan Allport tackles pressing questions such as whether the war could have been avoided, how it could have been lost, how well the British lived up to their own values, and ultimately, what difference the war made to the fate of the nation. In answering these questions, he reexamines our assumptions and paints a vivid p

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