Fighting the people's war : the British and Commonwealth armies and the Second World War /
In citizen armies, it matters enormously that soldiers should, as Oliver Cromwell put it, know what they fight for and love what they know. The fundamentals of victory or defeat 'often have to be sought far from the battlefield, in political, social and economic factors.' This study of the...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2019]
|
| Series: | Armies of the Second World War (Cambridge (England))
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | In citizen armies, it matters enormously that soldiers should, as Oliver Cromwell put it, know what they fight for and love what they know. The fundamentals of victory or defeat 'often have to be sought far from the battlefield, in political, social and economic factors.' This study of the British and Commonwealth armies in the Second World War, a fighting force made up predominantly of contingents from Britain, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa, explores not only the material culture and history of great armies in a world war, but also the political, social and economic factors that influenced their behaviour and experience in the period running up to and during the largest conflagration of the twentieth century. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | xxxii, 932 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107030954 1107030951 |