The man who took the rap : Sir Robert Brooke-Popham and the fall of Singapore / Peter Dye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dye, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brooke-Popham, Robert, Sir, 1878-1953.

Brooke-Popham, Robert.

Great Britain--Military relations.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History, Military--20th century--Biography.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force--Biography.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p.)

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, whose significant and varied achievements have been overlooked because of his subsequent involvement in the fall of Singapore.

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68247-359-7