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Leadership and responsibility in the Second World War : essays in honour of Robert Vogel / edited by Brian P. Farrell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farrell, Brian, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Political leadership--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Political leadership.
- Command of troops--History--20th century.
- Command of troops.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1936-1945.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Leadership and responsibility in the 2nd World War
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Leadership and Responsibility in the Second World War examines how well political, diplomatic, and military leaders, particularly in Great Britain, handled the daunting challenge of a worldwide conflagration. It seeks to determine if a connection can be delineated between leadership, responsibility, success, and failure - specifically if any connection can be found between reluctance to shoulder responsibility and failure to produce results. In doing so, the authors challenge widely accepted views on major wartime controversies, such as the role of Neville Chamberlain and his Conservative party at the outbreak of the war, the reasons the British failed to reach an alliance with the Soviet Union in 1939, and the motives that drove Claus von Stauffenberg to attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
- Contents:
- Chamberlain and appeasement / Robert Vogel
- Loyalty in wartime: the old Tories and British war policy, 1939-1940 / Aaron Krishtalka
- Clement Attlee reconsidered / Trevor Burridge
- The frustration of A. V. Hill: British war science and the Baconian paradox / Neil Cameron
- Sir William Seeds: the diplomat as scapegoat? / Sidney Aster
- Claus von Stauffenberg and the military ethos / Peter Hoffmann
- The dice were rather heavily loaded: Wavell and the fall of Singapore / Brian P. Farrell
- Colonials and coalitions: Canadian-British command relations between Normandy and the Scheldt / Paul D. Dickson.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-52996-3
- 9786613842411
- 0-7735-7161-2
- OCLC:
- 929120783
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb33517 hdl
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