Britain's War
Volume 1, Into Battle, 1937-1941
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Britain's War
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Seslendiren:
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Ric Jerrom
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Yazan:
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Daniel Todman
The most terrible emergency in Britain's history, the Second World War, required an unprecedented national effort. An exhausted country had to fight an unexpectedly long war and found itself much diminished amongst the victors.
The outcome of the war was nonetheless a triumph, not least for a political system that proved well adapted to the demands of a total conflict and for a population who had to make many sacrifices but who were spared most of the horrors experienced in the rest of Europe.
Britain's War is a narrative of these epic events, an analysis of the myriad factors that shaped military success and failure, and an explanation of what the war tells us about the history of modern Britain. As compelling on the major military events as he is on the experience of ordinary people living through exceptional times, Todman suffuses his extraordinary book with a vivid sense of a struggle which left nobody unchanged - and explores why, despite terror, separation and deprivation, Britons were overwhelmingly willing to pay the price of victory.
This audiobook begins with the coronation of George VI and ends with the disasters in the Far East in December 1941. A second audiobook will tell the story from 1942 to Indian independence in 1947.
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Clear narration but a bit monotonous in inflection, leavened with a few am dram surprised/quizzical cadences.
Looking forward to part two. Wonder who wins? Ahem.
Great Political & Social History
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Excellent Narration
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It is, indeed, an excellent history of everyday life and social attitudes in Britain during the war. Ric Jerrom is very good on accents and the extracts from Mass Observation reports are convincing but I was a little disappointed in the general style of his reading with emphasis too often in the wrong places and a slightly pejorative interpretation of some individuals that could not be justified by the text. Perhaps I was just expecting too much from this marvellous narrator.
Todman is right to question the almost universal approbation that surrounds Winston Churchill as a war leader and also to emphasise that Chamberlain was not quite the ninny many historians would have us believe.
A nice long listen for those interested in the period.
Ric Jerrom not at his best
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Detailed analysis of Britain at war
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The highlight was insight into Chamberlain's strategy, more nuanced than the usual caricatures, with many quotes from his private letters.
Innovative and insightful but a bit repetitive
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