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Facing the Second World War : strategy, politics, and economics in Britain and France 1938-1940 / Talbot C. Imlay.
LIBRA D741 .I65 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Imlay, Talbot C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Causes.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1936-1945.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- France--Politics and government--1914-1940.
- France.
- Great Britain--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
- Economic conditions.
- France--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
- Physical Description:
- x, 393 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- This is a wide-ranging study of how the British were more successful in managing the strains of modern industrial war than the French. The book addresses such current historical debates as the nature of the political Right and Left in Europe during the 1930s, the extent of rearmament and economic mobilization, and the causes of France's defeat in 1940.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [370]-387) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199261229
- OCLC:
- 51668424
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