Britain's War Machine: Weapons, Resources and Experts in the Second World War - Couverture souple

Edgerton, David

 
9780141026107: Britain's War Machine: Weapons, Resources and Experts in the Second World War
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0141026103 ISBN 13 : 9780141026107
Editeur : Penguin, 2012

Synopsis

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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 sitting at the heart of a global production system.

The British, indeed Churchillian, vision of war and modernity was challenged by repeated defeat by 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. Britain's War Machine, by putting resources, machines and experts at the heart of a global rather than merely imperial story, demolishes some of the most cherished myths about wartime Britain and gives us a very different and often unsettling picture of a great power in action

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À propos de l?auteur

David Edgerton is Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Professor of Modern British History at King's College London. He is the author of a sequence of ground-breaking books in 20th century British history: Science, Technology and the British Industrial 'Decline', 1870-1970; Warfare State: Britain, 1920-1970; as well as Britain's War Machine, and England and the Aeroplane, both published by Penguin. He is also the author of the iconoclastic and brilliant The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

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Éditeur
Penguin
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0141026103
ISBN 13 
9780141026107
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
480
Coordonnées du fabricant
Penguin
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9780199832675: Britain's War Machine: Weapons, Resources, and Experts in the Second World War

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ISBN 10 :  0199832676 ISBN 13 :  9780199832675
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2011
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