Finest years: Churchill as warlord, 1940-45 / Max Hastings
2010, 2nd Impression. London: HarperPress. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #351879
Physical description: xxiii, 664 pages, [32] p. of plates: ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. Contents: The Battle of France -- The two Dunkirks -- Invasion fever -- The Battle of Britain -- Greek fire -- Comrades -- The Battle of America -- A glimpse of Arcadia -- 'The valley of humiliation' -- Soldiers, bosses and 'slackers' -- 'Second front now!' -- Camels and the bear -- The turn of fortune -- Out of the desert -- Sunk in the Aegean -- Tehran -- Setting Europe ablaze -- Overlord -- Bargaining with an empty wallet -- Athens: 'wounded in the house of our friends' -- Yalta -- The final act. Subjects: Churchill, Winston 1874-1965.
Churchill, Winston 1874-1965 Military leadership.
Churchill, Winston 1874-1965 Public opinion. Public opinion Great Britain.
Prime ministers Great Britain; Biography. World War, 1939-1945.
Price: €10.95