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Army Empire and Cold War by David French, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From David French

Current price: $157.78
Army Empire and Cold War by David French, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Army Empire and Cold War by David French, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Indigo

Army Empire and Cold War by David French, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From David French

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The veterans of the Fourteenth Army who fought in Burma between 1942 and 1945 called themselves 'the forgotten army'. But that appellation could equally well be applied to the whole of the British army after 1945. Histories of Britain's post-war defence policy have usually focused on how andwhy Britain acquired a nuclear deterrent. David French takes a new look at these policies by placing the army centre-stage. Drawing on archival sources that have hardly been used by historians, he shows how British governments tried to create an army that would enable them to maintain their position as a major world power at a time when their economy struggled to foot the bill. The result was a growing mismatch betweenthe military resources that the government thought it could afford on the one hand, and a long list of overseas commitments, in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East, that it was reluctant to surrender. The result was that the British created a Potemkin army, a force that had anoutwardly impressive facade, but that in reality had only very limited war-fighting capabilities. Army, Empire, and Cold War will interest not only historians of the British army, but also those who are trying to understand Britain's role in the Cold War, and how and why the British came to surrender formal rule over their empire. | Army Empire and Cold War by David French, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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