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- Book Title
- Towards a Wider War : British Strategic Decision-Making and Military Effectiveness in Scandinavia, 1939-40
- Publication Name
- Towards a Wider War
- Title
- Towards a Wider War
- Subtitle
- British Strategic Decision-Making and Military Effectiveness in S
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 1911096362
- EAN
- 9781911096368
- ISBN
- 9781911096368
- Publisher
- Helion & Company, The Limited
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Europe / Scandinavia
- Release Date
- 15/02/2017
- Release Year
- 2017
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 244mm
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Series
- Wolverhampton Military Studies
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Item Width
- 6.8in
- Number of Pages
- Xviii, 593 Pages
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Towards a Wider War examines British policy, grand strategy, military operations and tactical execution in the critical period of the Phoney War - culminating in Scandinavia and the forlorn campaign in Norway. Recognizing that political and military leaders rarely plan for failure, the work assesses the strengths and weaknesses of British performance in the last year of peace and during the first critical months of war. Fundamentally, major problems were evidenced across the spectrum of war, but perhaps the greatest failing demonstrated remained in the higher direction of war and the mismatch between avowed strategy and operational capability. Based on official and unofficial records - and a review of the existing secondary literature - Towards a Wider War offers a reasoned and balanced assessment of British war-making at the start of the Second World War. Following a summation of the actual experience of war, the work investigates and assesses the style and manner of Britain s higher direction of war and the effectiveness of each of the services at the strategic, operational and tactical levels of war - as well as their abilities to cooperate in the joint environment. Along the way, fresh insight is offered into the centrality of economic warfare in British planning; the place of the War Cabinet in executing oversight of the war; and the workings of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the role of the Joint Planning Committee. Of the services, the Royal Navy was most prepared for war in a European theatre in 1939. Force structure alone made this so, yet German aggression against Poland demonstrated the limitations of maritime power. Both the British Army and the Royal Air Force were undergoing major expansion programs when war arose and, for the former, it was thought three years would be required before deficiencies were alleviated. Sustaining public support during the interim was by no means assured - and in the background stood the necessity to avoid another bloodletting on the Western Front. These factors loomed large in London in late 1939 and that Italy - a presumed belligerent - had opted for neutrality painted initial strategic plans false. Increasingly, Britain (and France) looked to defeat Germany by removing her access to those commodities that made modern warfare possible: petroleum, iron ore and finance. That it increasingly appeared Nazi Germany was allied to Communist Russia only made the problem of making war more vexing. Towards a Wider War offers a unique single-volume analysis of British war-making at the pivotal beginning of the Second World War when all remained to be won or lost in the far north."
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Publisher
Helion & Company, The Limited
ISBN-10
1911096362
ISBN-13
9781911096368
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221529120
Product Key Features
Book Title
Towards a Wider War : British Strategic Decision-Making and Military Effectiveness in Scandinavia, 1939-40
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Europe / Scandinavia
Publication Year
2017
Genre
History
Number of Pages
Xviii, 593 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Width
6.8in
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
D763.N6m668 2017
Reviews
This is a well-integrated account of the British effort in Norway in 1940, and is an excellent example of how to write a campaign history.
Copyright Date
2017
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2017-304590
Dewey Decimal
940.5421
Series
Wolverhampton Military Studies
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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