The Many Not the Few: The Stolen History of the Battle of Britain

by Richard North

Book Overview

Immortalized in Churchill's often quoted assertion that never before "was so much owed by so many to so few," the top-down narrative of the Battle of Britain has been firmly established in British legend: Britain was saved from German invasion by the gallant band of Fighter Command Pilots in their Spitfires and Hurricanes, and the public owed them their freedom.
Richard North's radical re-evaluation of the Battle of Britain dismantles this mythical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620401002
• ISBN13: 9781620401002
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.3"