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Winston's War : Churchill, 1940-1945 by Max Hastings (2010, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10030726839X
ISBN-139780307268396
eBay Product ID (ePID)16038293831
Product Key Features
Book TitleWinston's War : Churchill, 1940-1945
Number of Pages576 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / World War II, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Presidents & Heads of State, Europe / Great Britain / General, Historical
Publication Year2010
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorMax Hastings
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.8 in
Item Weight33.3 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-038836
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal940.53/41092 B
SynopsisA vivid and incisive portrait of Winston Churchill during wartime from acclaimed historian Max Hastings, Winston's War captures the full range of Churchill's endlessly fascinating character. At once brilliant and infuriating, self-important and courageous, Hastings's Churchill comes brashly to life as never before. Beginning in 1940, when popular demand elevated Churchill to the role of prime minister, and concluding with the end of the war, Hastings shows us Churchill at his most intrepid and essential, when, by sheer force of will, he kept Britain from collapsing in the face of what looked like certain defeat. Later, we see his significance ebb as the United States enters the war and the Soviets turn the tide on the Eastern Front. But Churchill, Hastings reminds us, knew as well as anyone that the war would be dominated by others, and he managed his relationships with the other Allied leaders strategically, so as to maintain Britain's influence and limit Stalin's gains. At the same time, Churchill faced political peril at home, a situation for which he himself was largely to blame. Hastings shows how Churchill nearly squandered the miraculous escape of the British troops at Dunkirk and failed to address fundamental flaws in the British Army. His tactical inaptitude and departmental meddling won him few friends in the military, and by 1942, many were calling for him to cede operational control. Nevertheless, Churchill managed to exude a public confidence that brought the nation through the bitter war. Hastings rejects the traditional Churchill hagiography while still managing to capture what he calls Churchill's "appetite for the fray." Certain to be a classic, Winston's War is a riveting profile of one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century.
LC Classification NumberDA566.9.C5H274 2010
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- 01 Jun, 2017
Great Angle on Churchill in WW2
There are great biographies of Churchill and many good books about European theater of WW2. But the beauty of this book is it stays comfortably at the intersection of the two with the excellent writing of Max Hastings. This book does not seem to have any new research but is rather a well-told story of Churchill's War, the good/bad/ugly of it. American readers will not see too much of a British-centric narrative since much of Churchill's time in 1940 & beyond is managing a multi-national coalition. This is a great book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
