Facing the Second World War: Strategy, Politics, and Economics in Britain and France 1938-1940

by Talbot C. Imlay

Overview

This is a wide-ranging study of how the British were more successful in managing the strains of modern industrial war than the French. The book addresses such current historical debates as the nature of the political Right and Left in Europe during the 1930s, the extent of rearmament and economic mobilization, and the causes of France's defeat in 1940.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199261222
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/07/2003
Pages:	404
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Universite Laval, Quebec

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. IntroductionIntroduction to Chapters 2 and 32. The Strategic Dimension in France3. The Strategic Dimension in BritainIntroduction to Chapters 4 and 54. The Domestic Political Dimension in France5. The Domestic Political Dimension in BritainIntroduction to Chapters 6 and 76. The Political Economic Dimension in France7. The Political Economic Dimension in Britain8. ConclusionBibliographyTables

Editorial Reviews

"A thoroughly researched, well-constructed, and generally well-written account....Imlay has written a good book, which offers a number of correctives to existing accounts of British and French war-preparedness."—American Historical Review

"[A] thorough and sophisticated analysis of the lack of Anglo-French preparedness for war in 1939-40, and his interpretations will powerfully influence the work of future historians studying the Second World War and its origins."—Albion

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