Britain's War: Into Battle, 1937-1941 by Daniel Todman 1st Edition 2016 HB

Description: BRITAIN’S WAR : INTO BATTLE 1937-1941 BY DANIEL TODMAN ISBN 9780713999273 HARDBACK BOOK FIRST EDITION (1st Edition 001) “The most terrible emergency in Britain's history, the Second World War required an unprecedented national effort. An exhausted country had to fight an unexpectedly long war and found itself much diminished amongst the victors. Yet the outcome of the war was nonetheless a triumph, not least for a political system that proved well adapted to the demands of a total conflict and for a population who had to make many sacrifices but who were spared most of the horrors experienced in the rest of Europe. Britain's War is a narrative of these epic events, an analysis of the myriad factors that shaped military success and failure, and an explanation of what the war tells us about the history of modern Britain. As compelling on the major military events as he is on the experience of ordinary people living through exceptional times, Todman suffuses his extraordinary book with a vivid sense of a struggle that left nobody unchanged - and explores why, despite terror, separation and deprivation, Britons were overwhelmingly willing to pay the price of victory. Britain's War ties together the different strands of the story like no previous book. This volume begins with the coronation of George VI and ends with the disasters in the Far East in December 1941. A second volume will tell the story from 1942 to Indian independence in 1947.” “Daniel Todman is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Queen Mary, University of London. He was named Times Young Academic Author of the Year in 2005 for The Great War: Myth and Memory. He previously taught in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy and was the co-editor of Lord Alanbrooke's bestselling War Diaries.” “What a triumph the life of these battered cities is, over the worst that fire and bomb can do . .. The sublime but also terrible and sombre experience and emotions of the battlefield which for centuries had been reserved for soldiers and sailors, are now shared, for good or ill, by the entire population.' Winston Churchill, April 1941” This book is in very good used condition. The bright white dust jacket has lent itself to getting discolouration through everyday storage and handling, overall the book is in great shape. Britain's War: Into Battle, 1937-1941 by Daniel Todman 1st Edition 2016 HB.

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