Never Surrender Winston Churchill's Decision to Fight in WWII by John Kelly

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ISBN
9781476727974
EAN
9781476727974
Book Title
Never Surrender : Winston Churchill and Britain's Decision to Fight Nazi Germany in the Fateful Summer Of 1940
Publisher
Scribner
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2015
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.1 in
Author
John Kelly
Genre
Political Science, History
Topic
Public Policy / Military Policy, Military / World War II, Europe / Western, Modern / 20th Century, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
Item Weight
19.7 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
384 Pages

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Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
147672797X
ISBN-13
9781476727974
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27038383753

Product Key Features

Book Title
Never Surrender : Winston Churchill and Britain's Decision to Fight Nazi Germany in the Fateful Summer Of 1940
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Public Policy / Military Policy, Military / World War II, Europe / Western, Modern / 20th Century, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, History
Author
John Kelly
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
19.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-303546
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
An intense and often surprising account of what it was like for the leaders, soldiers and citizens of Britain...[John Kelly] brings the Fateful Summer alive in all its fear and trembling., Kelly's fastidiously researched narrative begins in 1919, when the British were coming to grips with mourning the dead of World War I, and concludes with Britain's heroic stand against the Nazis in the summer of 1940. His description of the major events of the interwar era--the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, and the desperate diplomacy to avoid war in 1939--flows smoothly despite reams of detail. The author successfully balances the big picture with stories of persons who range from Count Ciano, the foreign minister of Italy to a British soldier waiting to be evacuated from Dunkirk., With his masterly touch at bringing history alive, John Kelly makes his readers feel as though they are in anxious London during the fateful days of 1940. Never Surrender brims with dozens of illuminating scenes accompanying the unforgettable presence of Winston Churchill and his indomitable will., This is an outstanding, gripping read by a popular historian. It blends colorful biographies, pungent anecdotes and a solid grasp of the great strategic issues that weighed on decision-makers in 1940.'|9781476727974|, Kelly's fastidiously researched narrative begins in 1919, when the British were coming to grips with mourning the dead of World War I, and concludes with Britain's heroic stand against the Nazis in the summer of 1940. His description of the major events of the interwar era-the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, and the desperate diplomacy to avoid war in 1939-flows smoothly despite reams of detail. The author successfully balances the big picture with stories of persons who range from Count Ciano, the foreign minister of Italy to a British soldier waiting to be evacuated from Dunkirk.
Dewey Decimal
940.5341
Synopsis
A remarkably vivid account of a key moment in Western history: The critical six months in 1940 when Winston Churchill debated whether the British would fight Hitler. London in April, 1940, was a place of great fear and conflict. Everyone was on edge; civilization itself seemed imperiled. The Germans are marching. They have taken Poland, France, Holland, Belgium, and Czechoslovakia. They now menace Britain. Should Britain negotiate with Germany? The members of the War Cabinet bicker, yell, lose their control, and are divided. Churchill, leading the faction to fight, and Lord Halifax, cautioning that prudence is the way to survive, attempt to usurp one another by any means possible. Their country is on the line. And, in Never Surrender , we feel we are alongside these complex and imperfect men, determining the fate of the British Empire. Drawing on the War Cabinet papers, other government documents, private diaries, newspaper accounts, and memoirs, historian John Kelly tells the story of the summer of 1940--the months of the "Supreme Question" of whether or not the British were to surrender. Impressive in scope and attentive to detail, Kelly takes readers from the battlefield to Parliament, to the government ministries, to the British high command, to the desperate Anglo-French conference in Paris and London, to the American embassy in London, and to life with the ordinary Britons. He brings to life one of the most heroic moments of the twentieth century and intimately portrays some of its largest players--Churchill, Lord Halifax, FDR, Joe Kennedy, Hitler, Stalin, and others. Never Surrender is a fabulous, grand narrative of a crucial period in World War II history and the men and women who shaped it.
LC Classification Number
D750.K45 2015

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