Finest years : Churchill as warlord 1940-45 / Max Hastings.

By:

Hastings, Max

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : HarperPress, 2009.Description: xxiii, 664 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9780007337743 (tpb.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

941.084092 HAS 22

Contents:

1. The Battle of France 2. The two Dunkirks 3. Invasion fever 4. The Battle of Britain 5. Greek fire 6. Comrades 7. The Battle of America 8. A glimpse of Arcadia 9. 'The valley of humiliation' 10. Soldiers, bosses and 'slackers' 11. 'Second front now!' 12. Camels and the bear 13. The turn of fortune 14. Out of the desert 15. Sunk in the Aegean 16. Tehran 17. Setting Europe ablaze 18. Overlord 19. Bargaining with an empty wallet 20. Athens : 'wounded in the house of our friends' 21. Yalta 22. The final act.

Summary: "Winston Churchill was the greatest war leader Britain ever had. In 1940 the nation rallied behind him in an extraordinary fashion. But thereafter, argues Max Hastings, there was a deep divide between what Churchill wanted from the British people and their army, and what they were capable of delivering. Himself a hero, he expected others to show themselves heroes also, and was often disappointed.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	941.084092 HAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K2400

Includes bibliographical references (p. 636-644) and index.

1. The Battle of France
2. The two Dunkirks
3. Invasion fever
4. The Battle of Britain
5. Greek fire
6. Comrades
7. The Battle of America
8. A glimpse of Arcadia
9. 'The valley of humiliation'
10. Soldiers, bosses and 'slackers'
11. 'Second front now!'
12. Camels and the bear
13. The turn of fortune
14. Out of the desert
15. Sunk in the Aegean
16. Tehran
17. Setting Europe ablaze
18. Overlord
19. Bargaining with an empty wallet
20. Athens : 'wounded in the house of our friends'
21. Yalta
22. The final act.

"Winston Churchill was the greatest war leader Britain ever had. In 1940 the nation rallied behind him in an extraordinary fashion. But thereafter, argues Max Hastings, there was a deep divide between what Churchill wanted from the British people and their army, and what they were capable of delivering. Himself a hero, he expected others to show themselves heroes also, and was often disappointed.

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