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Britain's War A New World, 1942-1947

机译:英国战争是新世界,1942-1947

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Recent notable works of military history have taken a holistic approach, focusing on context and a number of factors within the environment, in addition to primarily military ones. British historian Richard Evans' three-volume series on the Third Reich in the Second World War, published between 2003 and 2009, exemplifies such an approach, as the author examines a number of dynamics, including social, economic, and informational to name a few, in order to help the reader make sense of a complex and complicated period in world history. In Britain's War: A New World, 1942-1947, historian Daniel Todman applies a similar comprehensive framework in his thorough analysis of Great Britain and its role in World War Ⅱ and its immediate aftermath. Advertising his work as a "total history," the author explicitly states that he considers political, economic, and social factors in his rendering of the British experience. Many readers of this publication will no doubt recognize these aspects of the joint doctrinal construct PMESII (political, military, economic, social, information, infrastructure), a model used to deconstruct a complex operational environment in a holistic manner.1 In Britain's War, Todman makes a unique contribution to the literature by unveiling some new perspectives and insights derived from his total analysis of these seminal years in British history. The book picks up where the author's first volume, Britain's War: Into Battle, 1937-1941, left off, and like its predecessor, it is comprehensive, meticulously detailed, and showcases Todman's considerable analytical skills. The author organizes his work chronologically with twenty-nine chapters divided into four major sections, each with a one-word title that aptly describes Britain's relative position on the global stage. The first part, "Nadir," shows a Britain nearly at death s door, shocked by the loss of Singapore to a numerically inferior Japanese army and by setbacks in North Africa that threatened British interests in the Middle East but buoyed by a powerful ally that had just entered the war following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Next, "Peak" describes an America ascendant- growing in strength and resolve but still an unequal partner with Great Britain and Joseph Stalin's Russia in the coalition that eventually won World War Ⅱ. During this period (September 1942 to September 1943), Britain, and its indefatigable leader Winston Churchill, reached its zenith of influence among the Allied powers, particularly after Gen. Bernard Montgomery's decisive victory at El Alamein and following the dramatic encirclement of an entire German army by the Russians at Stalingrad. "Victory" picks up from there and takes the reader to April 1945, just short of the end of the war in Europe. In this section, Todman effectively charts the major campaigns and operations in Sicily, Italy, France, and Germany, along with their attendant Allied strategies. Clearly, the United States was in the fore of the alliance by this time; British power and influence was on the wane. Todman titles the final section of the book "Resolutions" (May 1945 to December 1947) and argues that Britain's war did not end with either the German or Japanese surrender. His final chapter, "The Post-War Disorder," underscores a central idea that Britain's experience in the war must be seen as part of a continuum, and that events in the immediate postwar period were borne out of critical decisions stemming from the midwar years.
机译:最近的军事历史作品采取了整体方法,专注于环境中的背景和环境中的一些因素,除了主要的军事。英国历史学家Richard Evans在第二次世界大战中的第三次雷斯的三批系列,于2003年至2009年,举例说明了这样一种方法,因为作者审查了许多动态,包括社会,经济和信息,以少数人名,为了帮助读者在世界历史上发出一个复杂和复杂的时期。在英国的战争:一个新世界,1942-1947,历史学家丹尼尔·托德曼在他对英国的彻底分析和其在第一次世界大战中的作用中采用了类似的全面框架及其立即发生的。作者将其作为“总历史”广告,作者明确地指出,他认为在他对英国经验的渲染中的政治,经济和社会因素。本出版物的许多读者毫无疑问,认识到联合教义构建PMESII(政治,军事,经济,社会,信息,基础设施)的这些方面,一种用于以全面的方式解构复杂的运营环境的模型.1在英国的战争中,奥德曼通过揭开英国历史上这些青组阶段的一些新的观点和洞察来对文献作出独特的贡献。这本书挑选了作者的第一个卷,英国的战争:进入战斗,1937-1941,离开,像它的前任,它是全面的,精心详细的,并展示了托德曼的相当大的分析技能。作者按时间顺序组织工作,他们的工作与二十九章分为四个主要部分,每个部分都有一个单词标题,恰当地描述了英国对全球舞台的相对立场。第一部分“Nadir”,据英国展示了一个英国在死亡的门口,被新加坡丢失到数控中的日本军队以及北非的挫折,威胁在中东的英国兴趣,但由强大的盟友挥霍在日本攻击珍珠港后刚刚进入战争。接下来,“峰值”描述了一个美国中立的历en,而且仍然是与英国和约瑟夫斯塔林的俄罗斯在最终获得第二次世界大战的联盟中的不平等伴侣。在此期间(1942年9月至1943年9月),英国及其无穷无尽的领导者Winston Churchill,达成了盟军之间的影响力,特别是在伯纳德蒙哥马利Gen在El Alamein的决定性胜利之后,追随整个德语的戏剧性包围军队由俄罗斯人在斯塔林格勒。 “胜利”从那里拿起并将读者送到1945年4月,只是欧洲战争结束。在本节中,托德曼有效地描绘了西西里岛,意大利,法国和德国的主要竞选和运营以及他们的服务员盟军战略。显然,美国是在联盟的前面;英国力量和影响力在衰败。托德曼冠军“决议”(1945年5月至1947年12月)的最后一部分,并认为英国的战争并没有以德国或日本人投降结束。他的最后一章“战后紊乱”,强调了英国在战争中的经验必须被视为连续体的一部分,并在跨越碳水季度的关键决策中被视为连续性的一部分。 。

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