A Summer Bright And Terrible: Winston Churchill, Lord Dowding, Radar, And The Impossible Triumph Of The Battle Of Britain (2006)

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Horribly written book about an important piece of history. The author goes out of his way to single out one man as being responsible for winning the Battle of Britain, but he makes sure that he trashes some parts of Lord Dowding's personality that don't fit the author's world-view (Dowding's odd spiritualism, his weird, but unshakeable belief in God being on Britain's side, etc.). Fisher writes in conversational tone ("Your emember Sholto Douglas from the First World War, right?") and is addicted to making his own spin on cliches ("the straws were mounting on the camel's back", etc.) which is tiresome. In the end, you begin to understand that despite Fisher's relentless cheerleading, Dowding's big contribution --insisting on the new technology of a radar ring-- was important, but he was a weak and ineffective leader. I'm glad I got to learn about Dowding, but I don't think I'll be reading ny more of Fisher's work.

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