War from the Top: German and British Military Decision Making during World War II

by Alan F. Wilt

Overview

"Wilt writes... well and offers many sound perceptions." --
Choice

"... a stimulating book... a timely warning against
overindulgence in hindsight in evaluating the great issues of the war... " --
Parameters

"... a significant new study... a clearly written,
excellent book... " -- Airpower Journal

"... an impressive
work of scholarship... " -- British Politics Group
Newsletter

"Wilt's comparative approach permits us fresh
perspectives on both sides of the war. Moreover, Wilt has chosen to compare two of
the major rival belligerents at the most stimulating and interesting level at which
such comparison might be made, the level of the summit of decision making -- with
the magnetic figures of Hitler and Churchill playing major roles in his narrative
and analysis." -- Russell F. Weigley

"This is a masterful
treatment of a complex subject and a must read book for anyone writing about the
Second World War." -- The Historian

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253003553
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	08/22/1990
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
One. Directing the
War
Two. Running the War: The Organization
Three. Running the War:
The Personalities
Four. Planning the War: The Early Years
Five.
Planning the War: The Middle and Later Phases
Six. Fighting the War:
1939-1940
Seven. The Russian Front, 1941-1943
Eight. North Africa
and Sicily, 1941-1943
Nine. The Battle of the Atlantic
Ten.
Strategic Bombing vs. Air Defense
Eleven. Burma and Western Europe,
1944-1945
Conclusion
Appendix: Code
Names
Notes
Bibliography
Index