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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 039541055X
- EAN
- 9780395410554
- Publication Name
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- Type
- Paperback
- Release Title
- The Second World War, Volume 1: The Gathering Storm
- Artist
- Winston S. Churchill
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
039541055X
ISBN-13
9780395410554
eBay Product ID (ePID)
7038779780
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gathering Storm
Number of Pages
752 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Europe / General, Historical
Publication Year
1986
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
25.3 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
86-144242
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
It is our immense good fortune that a man who presided over this crisis in history is able to turn the action he lived through into enduring literature., "It is our immense good fortune that a man who presided over this crisis in history is able to turn the action he lived through into enduring literature." The New York Times
Dewey Decimal
940.53 s 940.53/11
Synopsis
The first in Winston Churchill's monumental six-volume account of the struggle between the Allied Powers in Europe against Germany and the Axis during World War II. Told from the unique viewpoint of the former British prime minister, The Gathering Storm is also the story of one nation's heroic role in the fight against tyranny. Having learned a lesson at Munich they would never forget, the British refused to make peace with Hitler, defying him even after France had fallen and it seemed as though the Nazis were unstoppable. What lends this work its tension and power is Churchill's inclusion of primary source material. We are presented with not only Churchill's retrospective analysis of the war, but also memos, letters, orders, speeches, and telegrams, day-by-day accounts of reactions as the drama intensifies. We listen as strategies and counterstrategies unfold in response to Hitler's conquest of Europe, planned invasion of England, and assault on Russia. Together they give a mesmerizing account of the crucial decisions made as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. The Gathering Storm covers the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of Adolf Hitler, the capitulation of Munich, and the entry of Britain into the war. This book makes clear Churchill's feeling that the Second World War was a largely senseless but unavoidable conflict--and shows why Churchill earned the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953, in part because of this awe-inspiring work., The step-by-step decline into war, with Churchill becoming prime minister as "the tocsin was about to sound.", The first in Winston Churchill's monumental six-volume account of the struggle between the Allied Powers in Europe against Germany and the Axis during World War II. Told from the unique viewpoint of the former British prime minister, The Gathering Storm is also the story of one nation's heroic role in the fight against tyranny.Having learned a lesson at Munich they would never forget, the British refused to make peace with Hitler, defying him even after France had fallen and it seemed as though the Nazis were unstoppable. What lends this work its tension and power is Churchill's inclusion of primary source material. We are presented with not only Churchill's retrospective analysis of the war, but also memos, letters, orders, speeches, and telegrams, day-by-day accounts of reactions as the drama intensifies. We listen as strategies and counterstrategies unfold in response to Hitler's conquest of Europe, planned invasion of England, and assault on Russia. Together they give a mesmerizing account of the crucial decisions made as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. The Gathering Storm covers the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of Adolf Hitler, the capitulation of Munich, and the entry of Britain into the war. This book makes clear Churchill's feeling that the Second World War was a largely senseless but unavoidable conflict--and shows why Churchill earned the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953, in part because of this awe-inspiring work.
LC Classification Number
D743.C483
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