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Britain's War Machine - Weapons, Resources, and Experts in the Second World War (Hardcover, New)
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Britain's War Machine - Weapons, Resources, and Experts in the Second World War (Hardcover, New)
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The familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that
of the plucky underdog taking on German might. David Edgerton's
bold, compelling new history shows the conflict in a new light,
with Britain as a very wealthy country, formidable in arms,
ruthless in pursuit of its interests, and in command of a global
production system. Rather than belittled by a Nazi behemoth,
Britain arguably had the world's most advanced mechanized forces.
It had not only a great empire, but allies large and small.
Edgerton shows that Britain fought on many fronts and its many home
fronts kept it exceptionally well supplied with weapons, food and
oil, allowing it to mobilize to an extraordinary extent. It created
and deployed a vast empire of machines, from the humble tramp
steamer to the battleship, from the rifle to the tank, made in
colossal factories the world over. Scientists and engineers
invented new weapons, encouraged by a government and prime minister
enthusiastic about the latest technologies. The British, indeed
Churchillian, vision of war and modernity was challenged by
repeated defeat at the hands of less well-equipped enemies. Yet the
end result was a vindication of this vision. Like the United
States, a powerful Britain won a cheap victory, while others paid a
great price.
Putting resources, machines and experts at the heart of a global
rather than merely imperial story, Britain's War Machine demolishes
timeworn myths about wartime Britain and gives us a groundbreaking
and often unsettling picture of a great power in action.
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