The Many Not The Few
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The Many Not The Few

The Stolen History of the Battle of Britain

  1. 456 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Many Not The Few

The Stolen History of the Battle of Britain

About this book

Immortalised in Churchill's often quoted assertion that never before "was so much owed by so many to so few", the top-down narrative of the Battle of Britain has been firmly established in British legend. Britain was saved from German invasion by the gallant band of Fighter Command Pilots in their Spitfires and Hurricanes, and the public owed them their freedom. Richard North's radical re-evaluation of the Battle of Britain dismantles this mythical retelling of events. Taking a wider perspective than the much-discussed air war, North takes a fresh look at the conflict as a whole to show that the civilian experience, far from being separate and distinct, was integral to the Battle. This recovery of the people's stolen history demonstrates that Hitler's aim was not the military conquest of England, and that his unattained target was the hearts and minds of British people.

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Information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9781441131515
eBook ISBN
9781441100566

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Foreword by Christopher Booker
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 Battle lines
  6. 2 Let battle begin
  7. 3 War of the people
  8. 4 War and peace
  9. 5 Closing the door
  10. 6 War drums
  11. 7 Eagle Attack
  12. 8 Redefining the war
  13. 9 Countdown to the Blitz
  14. 10 Start of the Blitz
  15. 11 Rebellion
  16. 12 Consequences
  17. 13 The widening war
  18. 14 The battle won?
  19. 15 To the victor the spoils
  20. Epilogue
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Websites and Archives
  24. eCopyright