The Most Dangerous Enemy by Stephen Bungay
This history of the Battle of Britain provides an encyclopaedic academic rigour: the author went back to original sources both in the Public Record Office and the German archives. Challenging virtually every time-honoured myth and assumption about Britain's victory, the book questions the traditional myth of an amateurish, honourable British "Few" up against a pitiless and regimented German war machine. It actually asserts exactly the opposite: that it was Britain's pilots who were the ruthless combatants and its aircraft production that was the well-oiled machine, and the Germans who never quite recovered from their amateurish underestimation of their "most dangerous enemy".
'The most exhaustive and detailed account of the Battle of Britain that has yet appeared'- Times Lietrary Supplement; 'A fascinating case history in illusion and realityHe dispels the myths and kills the cliches... Admirable'- Godfrey Smith, Sunday Times
Stephen Bungay studied Modern Languages and Philosophy at Oxford and subsequently at the University of Tubingen in Germany. He lives in Kent.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781854108012 |
| ISBN 10 | 1854108018 |
| Title | The Most Dangerous Enemy |
| Author | Stephen Bungay |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2001-09-27 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
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