BRITAIN’S WAR: INTO BATTLE, 1937-1941

Book ID/图书代码： 11701218C00001

English Summary/英文概要： The most terrible emergency in Britain’s history, the Second World War required an unprecedented national effort. An exhausted country had to fight an unexpectedly long war and found itself much diminished amongst the victors. Yet the outcome of the war was nonetheless a triumph, not least for a political system that proved well adapted to the demands of a total conflict and for a population who had to make many sacrifices but who were spared most of the horrors experienced in the rest of Europe.

Britain’s War is a narrative of these epic events, an analysis of the myriad factors that shaped military success and failure, and an explanation of what the war tells us about the history of modern Britain. As compelling on the major military events as he is on the experience of ordinary people living through exceptional times, Todman suffuses his extraordinary book with a vivid sense of a struggle which left nobody unchanged - and explores why, despite terror, separation and deprivation, Britons were overwhelmingly willing to pay the price of victory.

This volume begins with the coronation of George VI and ends with the disasters in the Far East in December 1941. A second volume will tell the story from 1942 to Indian independence in 1947.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 英国历史上最可怕的紧急事件，第二次世界大战需要前所未有的国家努力。一个精疲力竭的国家不得不打一场意想不到的长期战争，结果发现自己在战胜国中的地位大大降低了。然而战争的结果还算是一场胜利，尤其是对于一个政治系统，证明能很好地适应需求的冲突和人不得不做出许多牺牲，但幸免的人大部分都有在欧洲其他国家的恐怖经历。

英国的战争是对这些史诗事件的叙述，是对各种影响军事成功和失败的因素的分析，以及战争告诉我们的关于现代英国历史的解释。引人注目的重大军事活动，因为他是普通人生活在特殊时期的经验，托德曼充斥着他的非凡的书中生动的斗争导致没人无动于衷，探究为什么，尽管恐怖，分离和剥夺，绝大多数英国人愿意为胜利付出代价。

这本书的开头是乔治六世的加冕礼，最后是1941年12月在远东的灾难。第二卷将讲述1942年到1947年印度独立的故事。（WYL）

Awards/获奖情况：一个有天赋的历史学家……他很好地讲述了这个故事，但也用许多小故事和动人的轶事来说明他的主题。(彼得•克拉克金融时报》)

托德曼探索了英国战争的各个方面……丰富的细节和依赖于许多普通英国人的记录，因为他们接受了周围发生的事情……普通人对他们生活的时间的看法，提供了一种古老的战争叙事所缺乏的质感和深度。(理查德•奥弗里文学评论)

丹尼尔•托德曼成功地创造了一些东西，使我们对这个关键时期发生的事情有了更深刻的认识……这是对托德曼的一种赞美，在阅读他的书时，我发现自己想要更多地了解这个或那个方面。(大卫•阿侬维奇，时代)

丹尼尔•托德曼的《英国新历史》和第二次世界大战的第一卷是一部力作。直到1941年年底，托德曼为我们提供了一条通往战争和灾难性第一阶段的明智指南，此外还提供了丘吉尔的一幅精明的肖像，这本书值得单独为这本书定价。总的历史是最好的。(杰伊•温特尔，耶鲁大学)

大胆的和惊人的……我从来没有读过一个更令人心驰神往的调查。托德曼已经完成了一项庞大的任务，但在中场休息时，他表现出了胜利的迹象。(乔纳森•赖特，苏格兰先驱报)

A gifted historian...he tells the big story well but also illustrates his themes with many small stories and appealing anecdotes. (Peter Clarke Financial Times)

Todman explores every aspect of the British experience of the war...rich in telling detail and reliant on the records kept by a host of ordinary Britons as they came to terms with the events going on around them...what ordinary people thought about the time they were living through provides a texture and depth that older wartime narratives have often lacked. (Richard Overy Literary Review)

[Dan Todman] has succeeded in creating something that adds to our perception of what happened during this critical period...It is a compliment to Todman that time and again in reading his book I found myself thinking that I wanted to know more about this or that aspect. (David Aaronovitch The Times)

The first volume of Dan Todman’s new history of Britain and the Second World War is a tour de force. Taking the story up to the end of 1941, Todman provides us with a judicious guide to the road to war and its catastrophic first phase, offering in addition a shrewd portrait of Churchill which is worth the price of the book alone. Total history at its best. (Jay Winter, Yale University)

Bold and breathtaking... I have never read a more daringly panoramic survey of the period...Todman has taken on a mammoth task but, at half-time, he shows every sign of completing it triumphantly. (Jonathan Wright Herald Scotland)

About the Author/作者介绍： 丹尼尔••托德曼是伦敦大学玛丽皇后学院的现代史高级讲师。他被评为2005年《大战争:神话与记忆》的年轻学术作家。他曾在皇家军事学院的战争研究系任教，是阿兰布鲁克勋爵最畅销的战争日记的联合编辑。

Daniel Todman is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Queen Mary, University of London. He was named Times Young Academic Author of the Year in 2005 for The Great War: Myth and Memory. He previously taught in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy and was the co-editor of Lord Alanbrooke’s bestselling War Diaries.

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