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Unauthorized action : Mountbatten and the Dieppe Raid

Title
Unauthorized action : Mountbatten and the Dieppe Raid / Brian Loring Villa.
Author
Villa, Brian Loring.
Publication
Toronto ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

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Description
xiii, 314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
On August 19, 1942, a mainly Canadian force left England in an attempt to seize the German-occupied French port of Dieppe--a mission that has been described as the largest raid in history. The result was a complete disaster. Here Brian Villa unravels all the complexities that led to it: the political interests in both Britain and Canada; the pressures placed on Churchill and the British Chiefs of Staff; and especially the vagaries of Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was ultimately responsible as Chief of Combined Operations. As the first thorough examination of the disaster, the book is an important contribution to the literature on World War II.
Subject
  • Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979
  • Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979
  • Dieppe, Raid, 1942-
  • Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten
  • 1939-1945
  • Dieppe Raid, 1942
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Canada
  • Decision making > Case studies
  • Decision making
  • Dieppe Raid, 1942
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Canada
  • Canada
  • Dieppe > Landeunternehmen
  • Kanadier
Genre/Form
Case studies
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The bare facts of a historical tragedy -- Mountbatten and myth : how the history of Dieppe came to be written -- The crisis at the top : Churchill's woes -- Three powers in search of a strategy -- General Sir Alan Brooke and the prelude to Dieppe -- The Royal Navy on the eve of Dieppe -- The RAF on the eve of Dieppe -- Mountbatten the strategist -- Mountbatten on the eve of Dieppe -- and after -- How Canada became involved -- An overview -- Appendix I. Why governments do what they should not do -- Appendix II. Methodology.
ISBN
  • 0195406796
  • 9780195406795
LCCN
89213778
OCLC
  • ocm22112286
  • 22112286
  • SCSB-1898737
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library