In 1918, the Royal Air Force became the first major independent air force in the world. Formed to serve a strategic need in the most intensive war that Britain had then fought, the RAF continued in the inter-war era to play a key role in the political and diplomatic world, and in defending the Empire. During the Second World War, the RAF was pivotal in defending Britain from invasion in the Battle of Britain, and then in leading the assault on the Axis powers, most notably through the contentious bomber offensive against Germany. In the post-war world, the RAF adapted and developed into a force to meet the needs of the United Kingdom during the Cold War, the retreat from Empire, and most recently in the move to coalition warfare against low intensity threats, all against a backdrop of diminishing resources and shifting priorities. This is the story of the RAF over the first century of its existence: how it has confronted the many challenges and threats it has faced--from the Luftwaffe in 1940, through the spectre of nuclear holocaust in the Cold War, to the fight against terrorism in the 21st century--and how it has contributed to the defence of the United Kingdom throughout that period.

The Royal Air Force: The First One Hundred Years

History

Buckley, John

BEAVER, Paul

Europe

Oxford University Press

A fascinating study of the changing military role of air power in the twentieth century, this book examines the sensational impact of the Great War, the pioneering work of air power theorists and visionaries in the interwar period, the air arms race, the SecondWorld War in Europe and the Far East, and finally, the post-war period.

Air Power in the Age of Total War

Buckley, John J.

Americas

Indiana University Press

A fascinating study of the changing military role of air power in the 20th century, this book examines the sensational impact of the Great War, the pioneering work of air power theorists and visionaries in the interwar period, the air arms race, the Second World War in Europe and the Far East, and, finally, the post-war period.

Military

Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain’s fighting forces during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match for the forces of Hitler’s Germany. Following Britain’s military commanders and troops across the battlefields of Europe, from D-Day to VE-Day, from the Normandy beaches to Arnhem and the Rhine, and, ultimately, to the Baltic, Buckley’s provocative history demonstrates that the British Army was more than a match for the vaunted Nazi war machine. This fascinating revisionist study of the campaign to liberate Northern Europe in the war’s final years features a large cast of colorful unknowns and grand historical personages alike, including Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery and the prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill. By integrating detailed military history with personal accounts, it evokes the vivid reality of men at war while putting long-held misconceptions finally to rest.

Monty's Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe

Yale University Press

Offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britains fighting forces during World War II challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match for the forces of Hitlers Germany This study of the campaign to liberate Northern Europe in the wars final years features a large cast of colourful unknowns and grand historical personages alike

British Armour in the Normandy Campaign (Military History and Policy)

The popular perception of the performance of British armour in the Normandy campaign of 1944 is one of failure and frustration. Despite overwhelming superiority in numbers, Montgomery's repeated efforts to employ his armour in an offensive manner ended in a disappointing stalemate. Explanation of these and other humiliating failures has centred predominantly on the shortcomings of the tanks employed by British formations. This new study by John Buckley challenges the standard view of Normandy as a failure for British armour by analysing the reality and level of the supposed failure and the causes behind it.

Routledge

With essays on key aspects of the Normandy campaign from leading names in military history, this book re-examines crucial issues and debates of D-Day and the Normandy campaign.

The Normandy Campaign 1944: Sixty Years On (Military History and Policy)

Reference

Charles Daley is caught in the midst of a family feud when he agrees to help his conservative brother challenge their more liberal uncle, Nate Stanton, for his senate seat

Family Politics: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

United States

Simon&Schuster

Blackmailed by his drug-running former roommate, a presidential speechwriter faces a series of events--complicated by his CIA operative father and a dimwitted Senator--that threaten both his career and the administration for which he works

Statute of Limitations: A Novel

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The Royal Air Force: The First One Hundred Years

Air Power in the Age of Total War

Air Power in the Age of Total War

Monty's Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe

Monty's Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe

British Armour in the Normandy Campaign (Military History and Policy)

The Normandy Campaign 1944: Sixty Years On (Military History and Policy)

Family Politics: A Novel

Statute of Limitations: A Novel

British Armour in the Normandy Campaign (Military History and Policy)