Britain's war machine : weapons, resources and experts in the Second World War
Edgerton, David2012
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David Edgerton's narrative shows an unfamiliar Britain of weapon systems, military scientists, and colossal factories which seemed to make British victory certain. The actual course of war was to create huge setbacks for this British vision of modernity. Time and again Britain found itself defeated by less well equipped enemies.
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London : Penguin, 2012.
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xxi, 442 p., [16] p. of plates. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), col. port. ; 20 cm.
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Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2011.Includes bibliographical references and index.
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9780141026107 (pbk)
Dewey class:
338.473550094109044338.47355
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English
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728161
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