Invasion, 1940: Did the Battle of Britain Alone Stop Hitler?

I liked the premise of this book and I think there's enough evidence in here to allow Robinson to claim that he's got it right, but the book is hampered by his somewhat laboured critique (actually, that's not strong enough) of the German high command and particularly Hitler and Goering and their posturing at critical junctures. It is possibly because of this apparent obsession that the book doesn't come across more strongly and I was a little surprised to see the extensive bibliography as it just feels more like someone on a mission to prove everyone wrong than a weighty analysis.

That said it's easy to read, has a few good bits (which on reading I took with a pinch of salt, but maybe that was unfair) and gives the Royal Navy its due - show more although honestly I'd have liked more on that and it maybe written in a bit less of a counterfactual way. Were there no documented plans for repulsing an invasion, for example - was it simply "see what's around and pop over to Dover"? I can't see that it was and thus wonder if there's more there to discover and maybe there's a more naval-focussed book out there to be written. show less