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The Phoney Victory: The World War II Illusion

Autor Peter Hitchens
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 iul 2020
Was World War II really the `Good War'? In the years since the declaration of peace in 1945 many myths have sprung up around the conflict in the victorious nations. In this book, Peter Hitchens deconstructs the many fables which have become associated with the narrative of the `Good War'. Whilst not criticising or doubting the need for war against Nazi Germany at some stage, Hitchens does query whether September 1939 was the right moment, or the independence of Poland the right issue. He points out that in the summer of 1939 Britain and France were wholly unprepared for a major European war and that this quickly became apparent in the conflict that ensued. He also rejects the retroactive claim that Britain went to war in 1939 to save the Jewish population of Europe. On the contrary, the beginning and intensification of war made it easier for Germany to begin the policy of mass murder in secret as well as closing most escape routes. In a provocative, but deeply-researched book, Hitchens questions the most common assumptions surrounding World War II, turning on its head the myth of Britain's role in a `Good War'.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350156333
ISBN-10: 1350156337
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Challenges commonly-held assumptions on World War II

Notă biografică

Peter Hitchens is a journalist and commentator. He has a weekly column in the Mail on Sunday and is the author of several books, including The Abolition of Britain; The Cameron Delusion; The Rage Against God and The War We Never Fought.

Cuprins

AcknowledgementsTimelineIntroduction1. The British Guarantee to Poland of March 19392. Plucky Little Poland3. Appeasement and Pacifism from Fulham to Bridgwater, or 'The Left Has Its Cake and Eats It'4. The War We Couldn't Afford5. America First6. The Invasion that Never Was7. In Peril on the Sea8. Gomorrah9. Orderly and HumaneConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

Recenzii

Hitchens devotes much of his indictment to the war at sea, arguing that the Navy had been starved of resources between the wars and was ill-equipped to fight the all-important Battle of the Atlantic against the Nazi U-boat fleet. He regales the reader with touching stories from his days at boarding school, when he and his friends built plastic models of warships.