LEADER 00000cam 2200397 i 4500 003 DLC 005 20201111152251.5 008 200623r20202020nyua b 001 0 eng 010 2020028530 020 9780451494740|q(hardback) 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dNjBwBT|dIMmBT|dNjBwBT|dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 e-uk--- 082 00 940.53/41|223 092 940.5341|bALL 100 1 Allport, Alan,|d1970-|eauthor. 245 10 Britain at bay :|bthe epic story of the Second World War, 1938-1941 /|cAlan Allport. 246 30 Epic story of the Second World War, 1938-1941 250 First American edition. 264 1 New York :|bAlfred A. Knopf,|c2020. 300 xviii, 590 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 500 "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"-- Title page verso. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-561) and index. 505 00 |tShire folk --|tUlster Kristallnacht --|tA different kind of nation --|tThe school of empire --|tGuilty man --|tThe bones of a British Grenadier --|tThe stupidest thing that has ever been done --|tTo make gentle the life of the world --|tThe sharpening of the claws --|tThe other Dunkirk --|tClass war --|tBras-dessus, Bras-dessous --|tIn the name of God --|tA certain eventuality --|tLunatic relief --|tAll our past proclaims our future --|tMargins - -|tThe scouring of the Shire folk --|tAmerican Lebensraum --|tShapeless, measureless peril --|tThe carotid artery of empire --|tTaking the gloves off --|tMarch on to better days. 520 "Here 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? Were the strategic decisions the rights ones? How well did the British organize and fight? 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 answering these and other essential questions he focuses on the human contingencies of the war, weighing directly at the roles of individuals and the outcomes determined by luck or chance. Moreover, he looks intimately at the changes in wartime British society and culture. Britain at Bay draws on a large cast of characters--from the leading statesmen and military commanders who made the decisions, to the ordinary men, women, and children who carried them out and lived through their consequences--in a comprehensible and compelling single history of forty-six million people. For better or worse, much of Britain today is ultimately the product of the experiences of 1938-1941"--|cProvided by publisher. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|zGreat Britain. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xCampaigns|zGreat Britain. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xSocial aspects|zGreat Britain. 651 0 Great Britain|xPolitics and government|y1936-1945. 651 0 Great Britain|xSocial conditions|y20th century. 775 08 |iReproduction of (manifestation):|aAllport, Alan, 1970- |tBritain at bay|dLondon : Profile Books, 2020 |z9781781257814
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