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The wit & wisdom of Winston Churchill
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Winston S. Churchill,James C. Humes,Nixon, Richard M. |
An extremely entertaining compendium of bon mots, anecdotes, and trivia about Winston Churchill from a leading Churchill lecturer and performer -- useful for speakers, students, of history, and World… |
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The Grand Alliance
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Winston S. Churchill |
One of the most fascinating works of history ever written, Winston's Churchill's monumental The Second World War is a six-volume account of the struggle of the Allied powers in Europe against Germany… |
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Their finest hour
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Winston S. Churchill |
One of the most fascinating works of history ever written, Winston's Churchill's monumental The Second World War is a six-volume account of the struggle of the Allied powers in Europe against Germany… |
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Citizens of London
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Lynne Olson |
In Citizens of London, Lynne Olson has written a work of World War II history even more relevant and revealing than her acclaimed Troublesome Young Men. Here is the behind-the-scenes story of how the… |
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"To keep the British Isles afloat"
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Thomas Parrish |
An inside look at the work and adventures of Harry Hopkins and Averell Harriman in the creation of history's most remarkable international partnershipAfter the fall of France in June 1940, London bec… |
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Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat
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John Lukacs |
On 13 May 1940, Winston Churchill stood before the House of Parliament to deliver his first speech as prime minister. German troops were advancing across Europe; Neville Chamberlain’s government had … |
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Five Days in London, May 1940
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John Lukacs |
The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940 altered the course of the history of this century, as the members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. The … |
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The Last Lion
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William Manchester |
Spanning the years 1940 to 1965, The Last Lion: Defender of the Realm begins shortly after Winston Churchill became prime minister—when Great Britain stood alone against the overwhelming might of Naz… |
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The Churchill factor
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Boris Johnson |
The mayor of London and former Spectator editor challenges popular misconceptions to assess Churchill's enduring influence on the world, discussing the many contradictions of his life and his conside… |
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No more champagne
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David Lough |
"Meticulously researched by a senior private banker now turned historian, No More Champagne reveals for the first time the full extent of the iconic British war leader's private struggle to maintain … |
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All behind you, Winston
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Roger Hermiston |
Roger Hermiston tells the story of the men and women who steered Britain through its darkest hour, showing how they helped to win the Second World War, and how they laid the foundations of the New Je… |
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Churchill - The Young Warrior, 1914-1918
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John Harte |
xi, 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm |
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Churchill's Folly
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Christopher Catherwood |
A scholar and adviser to Tony Blair's government analyzes how Churchill created the artificial monarchy of Iraq after World War I, thereby forcing together unfriendly peoples under a single ruler. Us… |
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Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat
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Winston Churchill |
Briefly explains how Churchill trained himself to become a great orator and gathers selected speeches from each stage of his political career. |
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Eisenhower and Churchill
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James C. Humes |
Although born and raised more than an ocean apart, Dwight Eisenhower and Winston Churchill--the two titans of the greatest generation--led remarkably parallel lives whose paths would intersect during… |
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The big three
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Robin Edmonds |
Examines the three leaders, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, who were tempered in peacetime by personal and political adversity for their wartime rules. |
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Churchill's Bodyguard
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Tom Hickman |
Walter H. Thompson was Churchill's bodyguard from 1921 until 1945, brought back from retirement at the outbreak of war. Tom Hickman's authorised biography draws heavily on extracts from a manuscript … |
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General Eisenhower on the Military Churchill
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Alistair Cooke |
"What man could better have evaluated the military mind of Winston Churchill than the man who shared with him the momentous decisions of war - Dwight D. Eisenhower. In this conversational reminiscenc… |
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Franklin and Winston
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Jon Meacham,Jon Meecham |
The most complete portrait ever drawn of the complex emotional connection between two of history's towering leaders Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of the Greatest … |
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In Command of History
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David Reynolds |
Churchill fought the war twice over - as Prime Minister and again as its premier historian. In 1948-54 he published six volumes of memoirs which secured his reputation and shaped our understanding of… |
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