The duel : the eighty-day struggle between Churchill and Hitler /

This day-by-day account of the maneuvering between Britain and Germany in 1940 is "a wonderful story wonderfully told" (George F. Will, New York Times-bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner). During the late spring and early summer of 1940, Hitler was poised on the edge of absolute v...

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Main Author: Lukacs, John, 1924-2019
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2001, ©1990.
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Summary:This day-by-day account of the maneuvering between Britain and Germany in 1940 is "a wonderful story wonderfully told" (George F. Will, New York Times-bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner). During the late spring and early summer of 1940, Hitler was poised on the edge of absolute victory, having advanced rapidly through a large part of Europe'and Britain was threatened by imminent invasion and defeat. From the acclaimed author of Five Days in London, May 1940, this book tells the story of two leaders facing off against each other, and the decisions they made that shaped the eventual outcome of the Second World War. "PowerfulAn impressive study [written] with elegance and panache."'The New York Times "A master of narrative history on a par with Barbara Tuchman and Garrett Mattingly."'Kirkus Reviews "An often witty and always fascinating'even entertaining'writer."'TheWashington Post
Physical Description:1 online resource (258 pages) : map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-244) and index.
ISBN:0300180977
9780300180978
1283950170
9781283950176
Language:English.