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The Verdict of Peace
Correlli Barnett brings to a majestic finale his acclaimed Pride and Fall quartet, tracing Britains decline from world power. He argues that between the Korean conflict in 1950 and the Suez debacle in 1956, Britain threw away her last opportunity to re-invent herself as an industrial nation state. The Verdict of Peace explains why this happened and how the national character itself aided this decline.
The Lost Victory
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The Desert Generals
This book gives intimate portraits of the five men who led the British Army through the battles of the Desert campaign in 1940-43: Sir Richard O'Connor, Sir Alan Cunningham, Sir Neil Ritchie, Sir Claude Auchinleck, and Field Marshal Montgomery.
Britain and Her Army
Britain and her Army is a unique general study of the historical development of the British Army, from the reign of King Henry VIII to the end of the Second World War. Correlli Barnett shows how our military institutions transformed themselves over the course of four centuries of social and technological change. Civil wars, imperial conquest and two World Wars are described in detail, along with more day-to-day topics such as recruitment, administration, pay, the social origins of officers and men, supply and equipment. Throughout the book he compares developments in Britain with those in Continental armies, and analyses the lessons the British learned, or failed to learn, from their European cousins.
Correlli Barnett
Who is Correlli Barnett Correlli Douglas Barnett was an English military historian who also authored works of economic history, particularly on the post-war deindustrialization of the United Kingdom. He was known for his work in this field. How you will benefit (I) Insights about the following: Chapter 1: Correlli Barnett Chapter 2: Margaret Thatcher Chapter 3: Saddam Hussein Chapter 4: International reactions to the prelude to the Iraq War Chapter 5: Project for the New American Century Chapter 6: Tariq Aziz Chapter 7: 2003 invasion of Iraq Chapter 8: Richard Perle Chapter 9: Halabja massacre Chapter 10: Rollback Chapter 11: 2003 in Iraq Chapter 12: Saddam - Al-Qaeda conspiracy theory Chapt...
The Audit of War
"In The Audit of War Correlli Barnett places Britain's decline since the Second World War in a startling new perspective. He shows that Britain's wartime industrial performance, far from marking a supreme achievement of national genius and effort, was in reality characterised by all the classic symptoms of the 'British disease'--incompetent management, obstructive trade unions, restrictive practices, wildcat strikes, old-fashioned plant, chronic shortages of skilled personnel, and appalling weaknesses in the newest technologies"--Book jacket.
Strategy and Society
Argues that military art and science cannot be seen as an isolated discipline but is part of a wider concept of total war, with political, economic and social dimensions, as recognized by thinkers such as Clausewitz and Lenin.
Bonaparte
This book, originally published in 1978, argues that there was no ‘turning-point’ in Bonaparte’s career, but rather a consistent pattern from beginning to end. As a commander Bonaparte’s forte was speed and aggressiveness. As a planner, however he was slapdash: his armies starved and went barefoot. The author argues that far from being a master of concentration of force on the battlefield, he was again and again caught with his army dispersed and only rescued from disaster by the last-minute arrival of reinforcements.
Engage the Enemy More Closely
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. Topics discussed in this book range from strategic debates in London and Washington to gripping descriptions of the Royal Navy in action: the remorseless struggle against the U-boat in the Atlantic, the desperate convoy battles in the Mediterranean and the Arctic, and the battles in the Far East. It weaves in the rivalry between Allied and German technology and the all-important secret war of the cryptographers. 'This outstanding military historian has turned to maritime war and written an authoritative, meticulously researched and stirring account of the Royal Navy's part in World War II.' Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin of Greenwich, KG, GCB, LVO, DSC
