The Burning Blue by Paul Addison (9780712664752)

Description - The Burning Blue by Paul Addison

Published in time for the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, this new history broadens and deepens out outstanding of an event that passed instantly into legend. The Burning Blue, which brings together an international cast of authorities in the field, reviews the Battle from both the British and the German sides; assesses the international significance of the Battle through the eys of intelligence gatherers, officials and commentators in the United States, the Soviet Union and Japan; explores the way in which the Battle is remembered today by the airmen who took part in it; traces the legacy of the Battle in British culture since 1940; and pinpoints its significance in the overall history of the Second World War. The Burning Blue brings together for the first time the facts, the legends, the memories and the judgement of historians in a panoramic re-assessment of one of the most famous battles of all time.

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Book Details

ISBN: 9780712664752
ISBN-10: 0712664750

Classification:
Humanities »
History »
General & world history

Format: Paperback / softback
(1mm x 1mm x 1mm)
Pages: 304
Imprint: Pimlico
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Publish Date: 1-Jun-2000
Country of Publication: United Kingdom

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Paperback / softback
(July 2010)

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