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Leadership and responsibility in the Second World War [electronic resource] : essays in honour of Robert Vogel / edited by Brian P. Farrell.

Contributor(s): Vogel, Robert | Farrell, Brian P. (Brian Padair), 1960- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004Description: xxvii, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Other title: Leadership and responsibility in the 2nd World War.Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history -- Great Britain | Political leadership -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Command of troops -- History -- 20th century | Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Aspect politique -- Grande-Bretagne | Leadership politique -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle | Commandement des troupes -- Histoire -- 20e siècle | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 940.53/41 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.