Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain
by:
Len Deighton (author)
Len Deighton's skill as a novelist is used to show how the human factor influenced every twist and turn of this close-fought battle. His encyclopedic knowledge of technology makes clear how machines played a vital role in the fight for Britain's survival. Here is the intensely vivid story of the...
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Len Deighton's skill as a novelist is used to show how the human factor influenced every twist and turn of this close-fought battle. His encyclopedic knowledge of technology makes clear how machines played a vital role in the fight for Britain's survival. Here is the intensely vivid story of the men who developed radar, designed the high-speed monoplanes, fought each other in the skies and those who simply engaged in vicious vendetta.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780785812081 (0785812083)
Publish date: April 1st 2000
Publisher: Castle Books
Pages no: 264
Edition language: English
contrary to the GR listing, published 1977. possibly to some degree a 3 star is warranted, a notch off Beevor or Atkinson in war writing (although the latter two are writing several decades later), certainly better than Deighton's fiction. very detailed, complex account of battle of britain that cle...
This book offers one of the finest analyses of the Battle of Britain I've ever read. Len Deighton has a well-deserved reputation for the thoroughness of research and study he applies to his subject and for both the clarity and quality of his writing. I unreservedly recommend this book for any st...
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