Britain's Two World Wars against Germany : Myth, Memory and the Distortions of Hindsight (Hardcover)

Introduction; 1. The creation of myths after 1945; 2. British policy and strategy in the two world wars; 3. British generalship in the two world wars; 4. At the sharp end: combat experience in the two world wars; 5. Attrition in the First World War: the naval blockade; 6. Attrition in the Second World War: strategic bombing; 7. The transformation of war on the Western Front, 1914?18; 8. The British army: learning process in the Second World War; 9. After the wars: gains and losses; Select bibliography.