Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941 Allport Alan
A sweeping epic of Britain's formative first years in WWII that takes a fresh look at the events and decisions that defined the future of the nationHere is the many-faceted, world-historically…
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A sweeping epic of Britain's formative first years in WWII that takes a fresh look at the events and decisions that defined the future of the nationHere 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 questions such as: Could the war have been avoided? Could it have been lost? How well did the British live up to their own values? What difference did the war make in the end to the fate of the nation? In this bold and bracing retelling of Britain's entrance into the war and its efforts to survive it, Alan Allport reexamines our assumptions to paint a vivid picture of this pivotal moment in world history. Drawing on a lively cast of characters from statesmen and military commanders to ordinary Britons, Allport builds a