Challenges of coalition management: the "Empire air training scheme" negotiations -- The other "Battle for Britain": muddling along on the home front -- First victory: forgotten success in East Africa -- The struggle of command: operation crusader and the failure of British leadership -- Tumultuous months: Britain, the dominions and the politics of the widening war -- At war with "the old empire": the often difficult alliance with the United States -- Military defeat, political crisis: the loss of the Tobruk Garrison -- The worst case: the second "battle" for Kenya -- Blood and treasure: Britain and the Second World War.
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