A compelling history of the decline of an army from the triumph of
victory in 1918 to defeat in 1940 and why this happened. A salutary
warning for modern Britain. The British Army won a convincing
series of victories between 1916 and 1918. But by 1939 the British
Army was an entirely different animal. The hard-won knowledge,
experience and strategic vision that delivered victory after
victory in the closing stages of the First World War had been lost.
In the inter-war years there was plenty of talking, but very little
focus on who Britain might have to fight, and how. Victory to
Defeat clearly illustrates how the British Army wasn’t prepared
to fight a first-class European Army in 1939 for the simple reason
that as a country Britain hadn’t prepared itself to do so. The
failure of the army’s leadership led directly to its abysmal
performance in Norway and France in 1940. Victory to Defeat is a
captivating history of the mismanagement of a war-winning army. It
is also a stark warning that we neglect to understand who our enemy
might be, and how to defeat him, at the peril of our country. The
British Army is now to be cut to its smallest size since 1714. Are
we, this book asks, repeating the same mistakes again?
General
Imprint: |
Osprey Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Richard Dannatt
• Robert Lyman
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Dimensions: |
234 x 153 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4728-6086-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-4728-6086-1 |
Barcode: |
9781472860866 |
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