{"product_id":"britain-at-bay-the-epic-story-of-the-second-world-war-1938-1941-paperback","title":"Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Allport\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom statesmen and military commanders to ordinary Britons, a bold, sweeping history of Britain's entrance into World War II--and its efforts to survive it--illuminating the ways in which the war permanently transformed a nation and its people\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Might be the single best examination of British politics, society and strategy in these four years that has ever been written.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is the many-faceted, world-historically significant story of Britain at war. In looking closely at the military and political dimensions of the conflict's first crucial years, Alan Allport tackles pressing questions such as whether the war could have been avoided, how it could have been lost, how well the British lived up to their own values, and ultimately, what difference the war made to the fate of the nation. In answering these questions, he reexamines our assumptions and paints a vivid portrait of the ways in which the Second World War transformed British culture and society. This bracing account draws on a lively cast of characters--from the political and military leaders who made the decisions, to the ordinary citizens who lived through them--in a comprehensible and compelling single history of forty-six million people. A sweeping and groundbreaking epic, \u003ci\u003eBritain at Bay\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a fresh look at the opening years of the war, and illuminates the integral moments that, for better or for worse, made Britain what it is today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eALAN ALLPORT is a British-born historian, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, who specializes in the British role in the Second World War. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and is currently an associate professor of history in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDemobbed: Coming Home After the Second World War \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), which won the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Award, and\u003ci\u003e Browned Off and Bloody-Minded: The British Soldier Goes to War 1939-1945\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). He has also written for several publications, including, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London), \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Syracuse, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 640\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 26, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53774162395469,"sku":"9781101974698","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/d3BRb0MrejdBakw0OWZGUXhCSTVPZz09.webp?v=1776999027","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/britain-at-bay-the-epic-story-of-the-second-world-war-1938-1941-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}