Geopolitical constructs : the Mulberry Harbours, World War Two, and the making of a militarized transatlantic / Colin Flint.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flint, Colin, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mulberry harbors.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy.

World War, 1939-1945.

Geopolitics--Case studies.

Geopolitics.

Military planning--Great Britain--Case studies.

Military planning.

Military planning--United States--Case studies.

World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations.

United States.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xii, 213 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Mulberry Harbours, World War Two, and the making of a militarized transatlantic

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]

Summary:

This innovative book tells a unique story about D-Day that brings engineers, businessmen, and bureaucrats to center stage. Focusing on the construction of the Mulberry Harbours-massive artificial structures dragged across the English Channel in the immediate wake of the invading force-Flint illustrates how the process of making war links a vast array of people, institutions, and places, as well as past events and future outcomes. Using previously unpublished archival material to give voice to those who made the Mulberry Harbours and wartime strategy, this original study broadens the historical and geographical scope of how we understand war, showing how the everyday actions of individuals made, and were made by, geopolitical constructs. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: the Mulberry Harbours and ways to think about war

Geopolitical constructs: understanding global geopolitical change

The scope of the Mulberry Harbour project: demanded by strategy, made by committee

Bureaucratic constructs: "Millions spent on a plan which had not been approved"

Good geopolitical constructs: "Did we, sir, do well?"

The business of making the Mulberry Harbours: "War may be an intensification in the development of our lives?

Making places: "You are probably aware that a scheme has been prepared"

Making regions: from "bridge" to "unsinkable aircraft carrier"

Conclusion: the legacies of geopolitical constructs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Flint, Colin, 1965- author. Geopolitical constructs

ISBN:

9781442266674

1442266678

OCLC:

951017880