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

Author/creator Dye, Peter author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2018.
Descriptionpages cm.
Subject(s)
Portion of title Sir Robert Brooke-Popham and the fall of Singapore
Series History of military aviation
History of military aviation. ^A1280677
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.
Abstract "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 underpinned Fighter Command's success in the Battle of Britain. Peter Dye challenges longstanding views about performance as Commander-in-Chief Far East and, based on new evidence, offers a more nuanced narrative that sheds light on British and Allied preparations for the Pacific War, inter-service relations and the reasons for the disastrous loss of air and naval superiority that followed the Japanese attack"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Dye, Peter, author. Man who took the rap Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2018 9781682473597
Genre/formBiography.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formMilitary history.
LCCN 2018032153
ISBN9781682473580 (hardback)
ISBN1682473589

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