Description
| Summary: | "This is the first serious analysis of the combat capability of the British army in the Second World War. It sweeps away the myth that the army suffered from poor morale, and that it only won its battles through the use of 'brute force' and by reverting to the techniques of the First World War. David French analyses the place of the army in British strategy in the interwar period and during the Second World War. He shows that after 1918 the General Staff tried hard to learn the lessons of the First World War, enthusiastically embracing technology as the best way of minimizing future casualties. Professor French assesses Montgomery's contributions to the war effort and concludes that most important were his willingness to impose a uniform understanding of doctrine on his subordinates, and to use mechanized firepower in ways quite different from Haig in the First World War."--Jacket
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 319 pages) |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-306) and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9781441693693
1441693696
1280445270
9781280445279
9780191697562
0191697567
9780191608261
0191608262 |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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