| A Time of Tyrants: Scotland and the Second World War Contributor(s): Royle, Trevor (Author) |
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ISBN: 1780276257 ISBN-13: 9781780276250 Publisher: Birlinn OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Europe - Great Britain - Scotland |
| Dewey: 940.540 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.80 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Scottish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Trevor Royle examines Scotland's role in the Second World War from a wide range of perspectives. The country's geographical position gave it great strategic importance for importing war materiel and reinforcements, for conducting naval and aerial operations against the enemy and for training regular and specialist SOE and commando forces. Scotland also became a social melting pot with the arrival of Polish and eastern European refugees, whose presence added to the communal mix and assisted post-war reconstruction. In addition to the important military aspects - the exploits of the Army's renowned 15th Scottish and 51st Highland Divisions in Europe and North Africa and the role played by the RAF and the Royal Navy from Scottish bases - Scotland was also hugely important as an industrial power house and the nation's larder. The war also had a huge impact on politics, with national centralization achieved through the creation of the Scottish Office and the Scottish Grand Committee. With the emergence of the post-war Labour government and the welfare state, nationalism went into decline and the dominance of socialism, especially in the west, paved the way for the command politics which dominated Scotland for the rest of the century. Based on previously unseen archives in the Scottish Record Office, A Time of Tyrants is the first comprehensive history of the unique part played by Scotland and the Scots in the global war to defeat Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan |
Contributor Bio(s): Royle, Trevor: - Trevor Royle is a broadcaster and author specialising in the history of war and empire. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and is also a member of the Scottish Government's Advisory Panel for Commemorating the First World War. |