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Belgium's Dilemma

Belgium's Dilemma

Hardcover

Series: History of Warfare (Brill), Book 96

Technology & EngineeringGeneral European HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9004254676
ISBN13: 9789004254671
Publisher: Brill
Published: Mar 27 2014
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
In Belgium's Dilemma: The Formation of Belgian Defense Policy, 1932-1940, Jonathan Andrew Epstein presents, for the first time in English, a detailed examination of the formation of Belgian defense policy in the eight years leading up to the crucial World War II Blitzkrieg campaign in Western Europe. Belgium's decision to renounce military ties with France in 1936 has been widely criticized as a fatal mistake but it was in fact a reasonable response to Belgium's situation and was not a significant factor in the Allied defeat.
Drawing on Belgian documents, Jonathan Andrew Epstein looks at the leaders and issues that shaped the Belgian army of 1940 and demonstrates that while mistakes were made, most of the decisions were sound.

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