- Paperback: 255 pages
- Publisher: The History Press LTD (1 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752443283
- ISBN-13: 978-0752443287
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 16.8 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 689,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Between June 1940 and the spring of 1941 Britain - particularly south-east England - was covered by a vast system of anti-invasion defenses. The legacy of these defenses can still be seen across the landscape - anti-tank gun emplacements, pillboxes, spigot mortars, coastal gun batteries, anti-tank blocks and anti-tank ditches. During his fieldwork for a two-year English Heritage/ Council for British Archeology project, the author made 20 journeys throughout the south-east, central south and east of England. This book is a personal record of his discoveries, which will not only inform and entertain the reader but contains a great deal of information on how to make similar discoveries on ones own.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a strange book that falls between two stools. It is not systematic or detailed enough for the specialist and yet is probably too focused for the general reader. The style is also idiosyncratic, almost whimsical. That alone will probably irritate many readers. And yet it does have some points in its favour. This is a comparatively neglected field of study and yet anyone who lives in southern or eastern England is bound to have come across defence works from the 1940 period. It is interesting to learn something of the defense system they formed part of and what remains to-day. It is sad that comparatively little has been done to preserve some of the more important centres of defence. Their limited size and haste of construction mean they will mostly fade away in years to come unlike say the huge fortresses of the Maginot Line or the Atlantic Wall which have occasioned far more interest.This is a flawed book but worth alook for someone interested in any of the areas it covers or who wants a schematic impression of the defences erected in 1940.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I am not sure if some of the other reviewers have actually read this book or have written their own and are in competition with it author. I liked the book, it was not too heavy or technical,and it enabled me to visit some of the sites and remains that otherwise I would never have found.
13 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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The author has totally failed to live up to his aims in this book. If you are looking for a serious study of 20th Century Battlefields then forget this book.
If you want a travel guide then it may be worth borrowing it from a library but do not waste your money on purchasing it.
There are far better books on the market.
If you want a travel guide then it may be worth borrowing it from a library but do not waste your money on purchasing it.
There are far better books on the market.
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