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Engage the Enemy More Closely: The Royal Navy in the Second World War
Correlli Barnett
The accepted interpretation of Britain's wartime role as an island sea power is challenged by Correlli Barnett's brilliant demonstration that the dependence on seashore imports of food and raw materials, together with the obligations of Empire, were less a form of strength to Britain than a weakness.
1104 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 21, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780571300396 |
| Publishers | Faber & Faber |
| Pages | 1104 |
| Dimensions | 135 × 215 × 48 mm · 990 g |
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