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History World War Ii

Leadership and Responsibility in the second World War

by (author) Brian Farrell

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
May 2004
Category
World War II
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773526433
    Publish Date
    May 2004
    List Price
    $39.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773527317
    Publish Date
    May 2004
    List Price
    $37.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773571617
    Publish Date
    May 2004
    List Price
    $95.00

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Leadership and Responsibility in the Second World War examines how well political, diplomatic, and military leaders, particularly in Great Britain, handled the daunting challenge of a worldwide conflagration. It seeks to determine if a connection can be delineated between leadership, responsibility, success, and failure - specifically if any connection can be found between reluctance to shoulder responsibility and failure to produce results. In doing so, the authors challenge widely accepted views on major wartime controversies, such as the role of Neville Chamberlain and his Conservative party at the outbreak of the war, the reasons the British failed to reach an alliance with the Soviet Union in 1939, and the motives that drove Claus von Stauffenberg to attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

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