The Most Dangerous Enemy

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Author: Stephen BungayBritish & Irish history | 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 | Second World War | Air forces & warfarePublished on 6th August 2015 by Quarto Publishing PL C (Aurum) in the United Kingdom.Paperback / softback | 512 pages 155mm x 234mm x 39mm | 596g 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 – 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 they 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. Show more