The campaign of 1940 which culminated in the British evacuation at Dunkirk and the French surrender at Compiegne remains one of the most controversial of World War II. Professor Brian Bond of the Department of War Studies, King's College, London has assembled a team of distinguished scholars in this book of essays on the campaign of 1940. Topics covered include the preparations of the British Expeditionary Force, the failure of Allied counter attacks, the air war, the role of the Royal Navy, and the influence of the battle on British military doctrine. Each essay has extensive footnotes that list the best and most recent books and articles on each topic. AUTHOR: Professor of Military History at King's College, London, Brian Bond is the editor of The First World War and British Military History, (1991, OUP) and a contributor to The Oxford Illustrated History of The British Army, (1994)
