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03751aam a2200577 i 4500 001 E6B58FE8134F11E6AEBAE1B2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160506010032 008 140509s2014 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014018298 020 $a 1107659132 020 $a 9781107659131 020 $a 1107004713 020 $a 9781107004719 035 $a (OCoLC)879642477 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d ERASA $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d YDXCP $d CDX $d CHVBK $d STF $d PUL $d OCLCF $d YUS $d ZCU $d TLE $d JYJ $d VLR $d OCLCQ $d IOK $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-gx--- $a e-gx--- 050 00 $a DA69 $b .B65 2014 082 00 $a 940.4/0941 $2 23 082 04 $a 941.082 $2 23 100 1 $a Bond, Brian. 245 10 $a Britain's two world wars against Germany : $b myth, memory and the distortions of hindsight / $c Brian Bond. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom : $b Cambridge University Press, $c [2014] 300 $a viii, 191 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-183) and index. 505 0 $a The creation of myths after 1945 -- British policy and strategy -- British generalship in the two world wars -- At the sharp end: combat experience in the two world wars -- Attrition in the First World War: the naval blockade -- Attrition in the Second World War: the strategic bombing of Germany -- The transformation of war on the western front, 1914-1918 -- The British Army's learning process in the Second World War -- After the wars: Britain's gains and losses. 520 $a "Britain's role and performance in the two World Wars continues to generate considerable debate but the wars are rarely considered together. Leading military historian Brian Bond here challenges the popular view of the First World War as catastrophic and futile in contrast to the Second World War as a well-conducted and victorious moral crusade. He focuses on the key issues which have caused controversy and distortion, to demonstrate how these views became deeply rooted in popular culture in the years since 1945. These issues range from policy and strategy, combat experience, the attritional strategies of naval blockade and strategic bombing to British generalship, and gains and losses in the aftermath of both wars. He also considers the learning process of the British Army in both world wars. He boldly concludes that in a number of important respects Britain was more successful in the First World War than in the Second."--Publisher's Web site. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History, Military $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $z Great Britain $x Historiography. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Great Britain $x Historiography. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Foreign relations $z Germany. 651 0 $a Germany $x Foreign relations $z Great Britain. 611 27 $a World War (1914-1918) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180746 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907412 650 7 $a Historiography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00958221 651 7 $a Germany. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210272 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 650 7 $a Weltkrieg. $0 (DE-588)4079163-4 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Weltkrieg. $0 (DE-588)4079167-1 $2 gnd 651 7 $a GroÃbritannien. $0 (DE-588)4022153-2 $2 gnd 648 7 $a 1900 - 1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Military history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411630 856 42 $z Additional Information at Google Books $u http://books.google.com/books?vid=isbn9781107004719 941 $a 3 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718092000.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826103940.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20160506011100.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E6B58FE8134F11E6AEBAE1B2DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search