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The man who took the rap : Sir Robert Brooke-Popham and the fall of Singapore / Peter Dye.
Van Pelt Library DA69.3.B725 D94 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dye, Peter, author.
- Series:
- History of military aviation
- The history of military aviation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brooke-Popham, Robert, Sir, 1878-1953.
- Brooke-Popham, Robert.
- Great Britain. Royal Air Force--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Royal Air Force--History--20th century.
- Great Britain. Royal Air Force.
- Marshals--Great Britain--Biography.
- Marshals.
- History, Military.
- Military relations.
- History.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Singapore.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area.
- Great Britain--Military relations.
- Great Britain--History, Military--20th century--Biography.
- Military campaigns.
- Singapore.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 410 pages ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Sir Robert Brooke-Popham and the fall of Singapore
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "This is the first biography of Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, a key figure in the early development of airpower. It highlights Brooke-Popham's role in developing the first modern military logistic system, the creation of the Royal Air Force Staff College, and the organizational arrangements that underpinned Fighter Command's success in the Battle of Britain. Peter Dye challenges longstanding views about performance as Commander-in-Chief Far East and, based on new evidence, offers a more nuanced narrative that sheds light on British and Allied preparations for the Pacific War, inter-service relations and the reasons for the disastrous loss of air and naval superiority that followed the Japanese attack"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Early Life and Military Service, 1878- 1909
- Army Staff College and Air Battalion, 1910-1912
- Royal Flying Corps, 1912-1914
- The Western Front, 1914-1915
- Working for Trenchard, 1915-1918
- Director of Research, 1919-1921
- Royal Air Force Staff College, 1922-1926
- The Fighting Area, 1926-1928
- Iraq Command, 1928-1930
- Imperial Defence College, 1931-1933
- Air Defense of Great Britain, 1933-1935
- Inspector General, 1935-1937
- Governor of Kenya, 1937-1939
- World War II, 1939-1940
- Commander-in-Chief Far East, 1940
- Improving Defense Cooperation, 1940-1941
- Too Great to Be Challenged, 1941
- Strengthening Malaya's Defenses, 1941
- Stiffening the Chinese, 1941
- Building Alliances, 1941
- An Army Officer with More Recent Experience, 1941
- Matador, 1941
- The Fall of Singapore, 1941-1942
- The Verdict of History, 1942-1953.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Dye, Peter, author. Man who took the rap
- ISBN:
- 9781682473580
- 1682473589
- OCLC:
- 1049576067
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