The epic story of how during the Second World War Britain fought back from near disaster to triumph.
Daniel Todman is Professor of Modern History at Queen Mary, University of London. He was named The Times Young Academic Author of the Year in 2005 for The Great War- Myth and Memory. He previously taught in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy and was the co-editor of Lord Alanbrooke's bestselling War Diaries. The first volume of Britain's War (Into Battle- 1937-1941) was published to great acclaim in 2016.
A stunning achievement, offering a new generation of readers and
students an authoritative and original version of the greatest
event in human history.
*Sunday Times*
The best one-stop shop for those wanting to understand our country
during its last existential crisis ... epic, compendious, written
with confidence and verve.
*The Times*
Magisterial. Virtually no aspect of British life is left untouched
... I cannot recommend this history highly enough.
*Literary Review*
The book is a superb work of research and synthesis, and with its
predecessor it completes an account of the British war that will
prove hard to surpass... Todman takes us to the threshold of the
world in which we live in. One of the prime ordinances of history
is that it should help those who read it understand why we are
where we are, who we are and how we are. Todman achieves that goal
magnificently.
*Daily Telegraph*
This second volume is as skilful as the first ... Todman brings
youth, energy, industry and, above all, rare historical talent to
his formidable task.
*The Guardian*
Deserves to become a classic ... Todman is superb at human detail;
but he is equally at home discussing grand strategy, war economics,
campaigning, socio-cultural aspects and the political-military
interface... a magnificent book.
*The Spectator*
Exceptional ... Todman's angle of vision does not follow the
conventional Anglo-American narrative of the last three years of
war. He rightly sees the imperial dimension as a critical factor in
the formation of British strategy.
*Times Literary Supplement*
A staggering look at this country and the second world war...
Todman is as good on the social aspects of the war as he is on the
political and military. Both volumes come highly recommended.
*Daily Express*
Meticulously researched and densely detailed, shrewdly observed...
excellent.
*Wall Street Journal*
Dan Todman has written a truly global history of Britain's Second
World War. His second volume opens in December 1941. Even then,
Britons knew that victory would come; not when, not at what cost,
but they knew victory would be theirs one day. How they got there
is at the core of this book. His account is particularly striking
on the tides of war in the Middle East and in Asia; on the Labour
party electoral victory of 1945, and on the origins of the Cold
War. Fast-paced, accessible, comprehensive; in short, a
triumph.
*Jay Winter, Charles J. Stille Professor of History Emeritus at
Yale University*
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