Conquer We Must
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A Military History of Britain, 1914-1945
Robin Prior
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A major new account of Britain’s military strategy between 1914–1945, including the two world wars and everything between
The First and Second World Wars were separated by a mere two decades, making the period 1914–1945 an unprecedentedly intense and violent era of history. But how did Britain develop its complex military strategy during these wars, and how were decisions made by those at the top?
Robin Prior examines the influence politicians had on military operations, in the first history to assess both world wars together. Drawing uniquely on both military and political archives and previously unexamined sources Prior explores the fraught relationships between civilian and military leaders: from Lloyd George’s remarkably interventionist stance on military tactics during the First World War to Churchill’s near-constant arguments with American leaders during the Second. Conquer We Must tells the complex story of this military decision-making, revealing how politicians attempted to control strategy—but had little influence on how the army, navy, and air force actually fought.
Robin Prior is a professorial fellow at the University of Adelaide. He is the author or coauthor of six books on the two world wars, including The Somme, Passchendaele, Gallipoli and When Britain Saved the West.
"This is a gripping account of how relations between the military and the politicians shaped the outcome of Britain’s two world wars, revealing just how much the experience of 1914-1918 informed decision-making in 1939-45. Robin Prior provides incisive arguments for what went wrong for the British and what, crucially, went right and why."—Heather Jones, author of For King and Country
"This book is the result of decades of research and writing on Britain at war in the twentieth century. Authoritative and insightful, a classic piece of military history by one of the finest exponents of the genre."—David G. Morgan-Owen, author of The Fear of Invasion
Publication Date: December 13, 2022
24 b/w illus. + 12 maps
