LEADER 03224cam 2200517 i 4500001 on1309863579 003 OCoLC 005 20230425161016.0 008 220408t20222022ctuabf b 001 0 eng d 019 1309956710131007682613101555341344292886 020 030023340X |qhardcover 020 9780300233407 |qhardcover 035 (Sirsi) 40031618409 035 40031618409 035 (OCoLC)1309863579 |z(OCoLC)1309956710 |z(OCoLC)1310076826 |z(OCoLC)1310155534 |z(OCoLC)1344292886 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dUKMGB |dTOH |dOCLCF |dNZAUC |dBDX |dERASA |dYUS |dYDX |dUtOrBLW 043 e-uk--- 050 4 D517 |b.P756 2022 082 04 355.03354109041 |223 100 1 Prior, Robin, |d1948- |eauthor. |=^A984392 245 10 Conquer we must : |ba military history of Britain, 1914-1945 / |cRobin Prior. 264 1 New Haven : |bLondon : |bYale University Press, |c[2022] 264 4 |c©2022 300 xxi, 803 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations, maps ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 767-781) and index. 520 "The First and Second World Wars were separated by a mere two decades, making the period 1914-1945 an unprecedentedly intense and violent era of history. But how did Britain develop its complex military strategy during these wars, and how were decisions made by those at the top?0 Robin Prior examines the influence politicians had on military operations, in the first history to assess both world wars together. Drawing uniquely on both military and political archives and previously unexamined sources Prior explores the fraught relationships between civilian and military leaders: from Lloyd George's remarkably interventionist stance on military tactics during the First World War to Churchill's near-constant arguments with American leaders during the Second. Conquer We Must tells the complex story of this military decision-making, revealing how politicians attempted to control strategy-but had little influence on how the army, navy, and air force actually fought"--Publisher's description. 650 0 World War, 1914-1918 |zGreat Britain. |=^A35977 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zGreat Britain. |=^A25635 651 0 Great Britain |xMilitary policy |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A38563 651 0 Great Britain |xDefence |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A651296 650 7 HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century. |2bisacsh 650 7 Military policy. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01021386 650 7 Military readiness. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01021419 651 7 Great Britain. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204623 |?UNAUTHORIZED 647 7 World War |d(1914-1918) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180746 647 7 World War |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 949 |i30372017358653 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s40.00 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 5972494