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The Most Dangerous Enemy
A History of the Battle of Britain
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Stephen Bungay's magisterial history is acclaimed as the account of the Battle of Britain.
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The Most Dangerous Enemy: "The magnitude and vital importance of the Battle of Britain has found a superb chronicler in Stephen Bungay, whose book is the best single-volume history to be published in over a decade." - Andrew Roberts
Stephen Bungay's magisterial history is acclaimed as the account of the Battle of Britain.
Unrivalled for its synthesis of all previous historical accounts, for the quality of its strategic analysis and its truly compulsive narrative, this is a book ultimately distinguished by its conclusions. It presents the idea that it was the British in the Battle who displayed all the virtues of efficiency, organisation, and even ruthlessness we habitually attribute to the Germans, and it was the Germans who fell short in their amateurism, ill-preparedness, poor engineering, and even in their old-fashioned notions of gallantry.
An engrossing read for the military scholar and the general reader alike, this is a classic of military history that looks beyond the mythology to explore all the tragedy and comedy; the brutality and compassion of war.
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The Most Dangerous Enemy by Stephen Bungay is praised for its in-depth and detailed account of the Battle of Britain, regarded as the best single-volume history on the subject in over a decade. Bungay challenges myths and clichΓ©s, offering a fresh perspective that expertly weaves historical threads into a comprehensive narrative. The book is seen as an eloquent and informative work that sets a high standard for future publications on this pivotal period.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781781314951
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 August 2015
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Aurum
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 512
About the Author
STEPHEN BUNGAY was born in Kent in 1954 and educated at Oxford and T'bingen. He has spent his career working for the Boston Consulting Group in London and Munich as a chief executive in an insurance company. He is now working in executive education, specialising in military history and modern management practice. His first book, The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain, published by Aurum in 2001 has now become accepted as the definitive book on the subject.
His subsequent book, Alamein, also published by Aurum, was praised by Lawrence James in the Daily Mail as 'a brilliant balance between lucid analysis and piquant detail', and by John Lukacs in the Los Angeles Times as 'terse and brilliantly written by a thorough master of his subject'.
He regularly appears on TV documentaries about the Second World War. He lives in Kent.
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