Royle Trevor A Time of Tyrants: Scotland and the Second World War 9781780276250

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Автор: Royle Trevor
Название: A Time of Tyrants: Scotland and the Second World War
ISBN: 9781780276250
Издательство: Birlinn
Классификация:

История Британии и Ирландии

История 20 века: с 1900 по 2000

Вторая мировая война

Военные действия и оборона

ISBN-10: 1780276257
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Вес: 0.37 кг.
Дата издания: 08.08.2019
Язык: English
Издание: New edition
Иллюстрации: 16 plates, black and white
Размер: 187 x 113 x 31
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: Scotland and the second world war
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Trevor Royle examines Scotlands role in the Second World War from a wide range of perspectives. The countrys geographical position gave it great strategic importance for importing war materiel and reinforcements, for conducting naval and aerial operations against the enemy and for training regular and specialist SOE and commando forces. Scotland also became a social melting pot with the arrival of Polish and eastern European refugees, whose presence added to the communal mix and assisted post-war reconstruction. In addition to the important military aspects - the exploits of the Armys renowned 15th Scottish and 51st Highland Divisions in Europe and North Africa and the role played by the RAF and the Royal Navy from Scottish bases - Scotland was also hugely important as an industrial power house and the nations larder.

The war also had a huge impact on politics, with national centralization achieved through the creation of the Scottish Office and the Scottish Grand Committee.

With the emergence of the post-war Labour government and the welfare state, nationalism went into decline and the dominance of socialism, especially in the west, paved the way for the command politics which dominated Scotland for the rest of the century. Based on previously unseen archives in the Scottish Record Office, A Time of Tyrants is the first comprehensive history of the unique part played by Scotland and the Scots in the global war to defeat Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan

A Time of Tyrants: Scotland and the Second World War, Royle Trevor