| Anatomy of a Campaign: The British Fiasco in Norway, 1940 Contributor(s): Kiszely, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1316646424 ISBN-13: 9781316646427 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Europe - Scandinavia - History | Europe - Great Britain - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 940.542 |
| Series: Cambridge Military Histories |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.9" W x 6.3" (1.40 lbs) 390 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Scandinavian - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The British campaign in Norway in 1940 was an ignominious and abject failure. It is perhaps best known as the fiasco which directly led to the fall of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and his replacement by Winston Churchill. But what were the reasons for failure? Why did the decision makers, including Churchill, make such poor decisions and exercise such bad judgement? What other factors played a part? John Kiszely draws on his own experience of working at all levels in the military to assess the campaign as a whole, its context and evolution from strategic failures, intelligence blunders and German air superiority to the performance of the troops and the serious errors of judgement by those responsible for the higher direction of the war. The result helps us to understand not only the outcome of the Norwegian campaign but also why more recent military campaigns have found success so elusive. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kiszely, John: - John Kiszely served in the British Army for forty years, rising to the rank of lieutenant general. His operational service included Northern Ireland, the Falkland Islands, Bosnia and Iraq. He served three tours of duty in the Ministry of Defence, latterly as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff. On leaving the Army he spent three years as a visiting professor in war studies at King's College London, and from 2014 to 2017 was a visiting research fellow on the Changing Character of War Programme at Pembroke College, Oxford. |