A major reassessment of a key aspect of British strategy and defence policy in the first half of the twentieth century.
The main contribution of this new study is an investigation of the role of Malta in British military strategy, as planned and as it actually developed, in the period between the mid 1920s and the end of the war in North Africa in May 1943. It demonstrates that the now widely accepted belief that Malta was 'written off as indefensible' before the war was mistaken, and focuses on Malta's actual wartime role in the Mediterranean war, assessing the numerous advantages,...
A major reassessment of a key aspect of British strategy and defence policy in the first half of the twentieth century.
Douglas Austin reassesses a key aspect of British strategy and defence policy in the first half of the 20th century. The main focus of the study is an investigation into the role of Malta in British military strategy, as planned and as it really developed, up to the end of the war in North Africa in 1943.
Douglas Austin reassesses a key aspect of British strategy and defence policy in the first half of the 20th century. The main focus of the study is an...
