World in the Balance : The Perilous Months of June-October 1940 /

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World in the Balance recounts these pivotal months. Rallying after Churchill's speeches, destroying the French fleet so it would not fall to the Germans, keeping Nazi agents away from former King Edward VIII, weakening England's defenses to build up those of Egypt, establishing a dedicatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stoddard, Brooke C., 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965 > Military leadership.
Command of troops.
Diplomatic history.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire diplomatique.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Grande-Bretagne.
World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history.
World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude
  • June : collapse
  • The race to read the codes
  • July : fire and wait
  • Radar, radio waves, and the race for air superiority
  • August : the mailed fist
  • Cracking a people's will to fight
  • September : from under the rubble
  • Diplomacy : the craft of binding friends and stabbing enemies
  • October : how the pieces fell
  • Postlude.

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