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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lukacs, John, 1924-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945--Germany.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Military leadership.

Churchill, Winston.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Military leadership.

Hitler, Adolf.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2001, c1990.

Language Note:

English

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. "Powerful...An 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."- The WashingtonPost

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-244) and index.

ISBN:

9781283950176

1283950170

9780300180978

0300180977

OCLC:

847549911