Robert Vogel: A Life in History

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction: Leadership and Responsibility xi
6. Robert Vogel: A Life in History xix
7. Robert Vogel: A Career in Outline xxiii
8. Statesmen and Politicians
9. Chamberlain and Appeasement 3
10. Loyalty in Wartime: The Old Tories and British War Policy, 1939–1940 39
11. Clement Attlee Reconsidered 67
12. Officials and Diplomats
13. The Frustration of A.V. Hill: British War Science and the Baconian Paradox 89
14. Sir William Seeds: The Diplomat as Scapegoat? 121
15. Military Commanders
16. Claus von Stauffenberg and the Military Ethos 167
17. The Dice Were Rather Heavily Loaded: Wavell and the Fall of Singapore 182
18. Colonials and Coalitions: Canadian–British Command Relations between Normandy and the Scheldt 235