1940: Myth and Reality
by Clive Ponting
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Author: Clive PontingEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1991-08-25
ISBN: 0929587685
Number of pages: 273
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Book Reviews of 1940: Myth and Reality
Book Review: Exciting history
Summary: 5 Stars
I seek out this book as I enjoy reading books by the historian Clive Ponting, the author of "World History: A New Perspectives" among other works.
As the other reviewers have already given the gist of how Clive Ponting tries to de-bunk the British war-time propaganda that have persisted more or less unquestioned till today. What I want to add are two points:
1. With all that is said by Ponting regarding how Churchill was not as much of a hero as his memoirs suggested, Ponting gave credit to Churchill's appointment of a non civil servant to be in charge of Aircraft Production, an appointment with such phenomenal success in accelerating production which turned out to be critical to Britain's war efforts against the Germans. So Ponting's narrative is not as one-sided as some of the prior reviews may suggest.
2. As I read this book, I cannot help seeing how UK near WWII fits with the "hegemonic decline" model as described by those "World System Theorists" such as Wallestein, Arrighi & Frank. As such, I would recommend this book to those of us who are interested not only in "history-as-happened" but also in "history-as-social-science."
Enjoy!
Summary of 1940: Myth and Reality
Britain's Finest Hour revealed as a muddle of ineptitude and propaganda. Thoroughly researched and well written, Clive Ponting's book stands just about every preconceived notion concerning Britain's role in World War II on its head. --William L. O'Neill.General Books
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