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Blood, Sweat and Arrogance : The Myths of Churchill's War by Gordon Corrigan (2007, Perfect)

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Title: Blood, Sweat and Arrogance. Author: Gordon Corrigan. Gordon Corrigan'sMud, Blood and Poppycock overturned the myths that surround the First World War. He reveals how Winston Churchill bears a heavy responsibility for the state of our forces in 1939, and how his interference in military operations caused a string of disasters.

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PublisherOrion Publishing Group, The Limited

ISBN-100304367389

ISBN-139780304367382

eBay Product ID (ePID)57002537

Product Key Features

Book TitleBlood, Sweat and Arrogance : the Myths of Churchill's War

Number of Pages528 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / General, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Historical, Military

Publication Year2007

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorGordon Corrigan

Book SeriesPhoenix Press Ser.

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight15.5 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal940.5341

SynopsisGordon Corrigan's MUD, BLOOD AND POPPYCOCK overturned the myths that surround the First World War. Now he challenges our assumptions about the Second World War in this brilliant, caustic narrative that exposes just how close Britain came to losing.He reveals how Winston Churchill bears a heavy responsibility for the state of the British forces in 1939, and how his interference in military operations caused a string of disasters. Gordon Corrigan investigates how the British, who had the biggest and best army in the world in 1918, managed to forget everything they had learned in just twenty years. The British invented the tank, but in 1940 it was the Germans who showed the world how to use them. After we avoided defeat, by the slimmest of margins, it was a very long haul to defeat Hitler's army, and one in which the Russians would ultimately bear the heaviest burden., Why the British forces fought so badly in World War II and who was to blame Gordon Corrigan's Mud, Blood and Poppycock overturned the myths that surround the First World War. Now he challenges our assumptions about the Second World War in this brilliant, caustic narrative that exposes just how close Britain came to losing. He reveals how Winston Churchill bears a heavy responsibility for the state of our forces in 1939, and how his interference in military operations caused a string of disasters. The reputations of some of our most famous generals are also overturned: above all, Montgomery, whose post-war stature owes more to his skill with a pen than talent for command. But this is not just a story of personalities. Gordon Corrigan investigates how the British, who had the biggest and best army in the world in 1918, managed to forget everything they had learned in just twenty years. The British invented the tank, but in 1940 it was the Germans who showed the world how to use them. After we avoided defeat, but the slimmest of margins, it was a very long haul to defeat Hitler's army, and one in which the Russians would ultimately bear the heaviest burden., Why were the British, victorious in 1918, unable to match the Germans in 1940--and why were these pioneers of tank warfare overcome for so long by Germany's panzers? This caustic critique exposes just how close England came to losing World War II, and in the process overturns the reputations of some of Britain's most famous generals. Churchill takes heavy blame for the poor state of the British forces in 1939, while Montgomery is revealed to have much skill with a pen...but very little in command. It's a brilliant, eye-opening reassessment, from policy decisions in the 1920s to the great campaigns of 1939-45.

LC Classification NumberD759