David Edgerton

Britain's War Machine

Weapons, Resources, and Experts in the Second World War

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Produktbeschreibung

The familiar Britain 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, powerful in production, and ruthless in pursuit of its interests.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 169mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 850g
• ISBN-13: 9780199832675
• ISBN-10: 0199832676
• Artikelnr.: 33252704

Autorenporträt

David Edgerton is the Hans Rausing Professor at Imperial College, London, where he was the founding director of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. He is the author of the iconoclastic and brilliant The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900 (OUP, 2007).

Rezensionen

Brilliant and thought-provoking ... There are moments of edgy humour, too ... This remarkable book shows that whatever the reasons for the length of time it took to bring Hitler to heel, the quantity and quality of British war material was not among them Brendan Simms Sunday Telegraph