Engage the Enemy More Closely: The Royal Navy in the Second World War: Royal Navy in 2WW (Penguin Classic Military History S.) - Softcover

Barnett, Correlli

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141390085 ISBN 13: 9780141390086

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2000

Synopsis

The accepted interpretation of Britain's wartime role as an island sea power is challenged by Correlli Barnett's brilliant demonstration that the dependence on seaborne imports of food and raw materials, together with the obligations of Empire, wereless a form of strength to Britain than a weakness. The book ranges from strategic debates in London and Washington to gripping descriptions of the Royal Navy in action: the remorseless struggle against the U-boat in the Atlantic, the desperate convoy battles in the Mediterranean and the Arctic and the battles in the Far East. It weaves in the rivalry between Allied and German technology and the all-important secret war of the cryptographers.

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About the Author:

One of the foremost British military historians, Correlli Barnett's books include: THE DESERT GENERALS, BRITAIN AND HER ARMY (Pelican 1974), BONAPARTE, MARLBOROUGH and THE GREAT WAR, which will appear in Classic Military History in August 2000.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0141390085
• ISBN 13: 9780141390086
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1104