Physical Description:print viii, 598 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Edition:1st paperback ed.
Publisher:New York : Hill and Wang, 2001, c2000.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [529]-578) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Part one: Hitler's Germany -- Orders -- Honeymoon -- Rifts -- Conflict -- Clashes -- War! -- Hitler -- Part two: The Western Allies -- Daladier -- Gamelin -- Cross-currents -- To Munich -- Chamberlain -- Enough! -- Accepting war -- Part three : plan yellow -- Now France? -- Not defeat? -- Intelligence -- Gamble -- Part four : The democracies' preparations for victory -- War but not war -- "The bone war" -- The dyle-breda plan -- Distractions -- Stumbles -- Intelligence failure -- The reasons why -- The dam breaks -- Part five: the war--a parable? -- Battle! -- "Hitch" at sedan -- Plan yellow plays out -- France falls -- Conclusion : Why? And what can be learned?
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