The Man Who Took Rap: Sir Robert Brooke-Popham and the Fall of Singapore

by Peter Dye

This is the first biography of Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, a key figure in the early development of airpower, whose significant and varied achievements have been overlooked because of his subsequent involvement in the fall of Singapore. It highlights Brooke-Popham's role in developing the first modern military logistic system, the creation of the Royal Air Force Staff College and the organizational arrangements that underpinned Fighter Command's success...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1682473589
• ISBN13: 9781682473580
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"