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

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 und...

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Main Author: Dye, Peter (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2018]
Series:History of military avaition.
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505 0 |a 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. 
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