Winston's war : Churchill, 1940-1945 /
" ... A vivid and incisive portrait of Winston Churchill during wartime. Here are the glories and triumphs, the contradictions and blunders of the man who, through sheer force of will, kept Britain fighting in 1940. But as the tide of the war turned, historian Max Hastings shows how Churchill w...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Vintage Books,
[2011]
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| Edition: | 1st Vintage books ed. |
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| Summary: | " ... A vivid and incisive portrait of Winston Churchill during wartime. Here are the glories and triumphs, the contradictions and blunders of the man who, through sheer force of will, kept Britain fighting in 1940. But as the tide of the war turned, historian Max Hastings shows how Churchill was often disappointed by the failure of the British Army to match his hopes on the battlefield, and by the difficulties of sustaining the wartime alliance not only with the Soviet Union, but also with the United States."--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in Great Britain in hardcover in slightly different form as Finest years : Churchill as Warlord, 1940-45 by HarperPress ... London, in 2009"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 555 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-523) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780307388711 0307388719 |