Winner of the Templer Medal and the Wolfson History Prize, this book attempt to get to grips with the reality of that extraordinary institution, which now seems as remote as the British Empire itself.
* A significant contribution to our understanding of how politics affects real people, and abrilliant blend of sweeping narrative and detailed analysis: this is a major and potentially prize-winning work
In the summer of 1940, the French army was one of the largest and best in the world, confident of victory. In the space of a few nightmarish weeks all that... Læs mere