The Duel
The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler
Nonfiction, History, Modern, 20th Century, Military, World War II, Biography & Memoir, Historical
| Author: | John Lukacs | ISBN: | 9780300180978 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press | Publication: | March 11, 2001 |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Lukacs |
| ISBN: | 9780300180978 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Publication: | March 11, 2001 |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Language: | English |
This is a day-by-day account of the eighty-day struggle in 1940 between Hitler-poised on the edge of absolute victory-and Churchill-threatened by imminent invasion and defeat.
A masterful book-masterful in its portrayal of its protagonists, masterful in its overall understanding of the death-struggle in which they engaged, masterful, above all, in its vivid, suspenseful chronicling of the most momentous eighty days in the history of this century.”-Geoffrey Ward
This is a marvelous book. John Lukacs has lucid, unsentimental insight into the mind and character of both Churchill and Hitler.”-Conor Cruise O’Brien
A wonderful story wonderfully told.”-George F. Will
It is salutary to be reminded in this powerful study how close Hitler came to winning in 1940. . . . An impressive study . . . [written] with elegance and panache.”-Peter Stansky, New York Times
A master of narrative history on a par with Barbara Tuchman and Garrett Mattingly.”-Kirkus Reviews
This is a day-by-day account of the eighty-day struggle in 1940 between Hitler-poised on the edge of absolute victory-and Churchill-threatened by imminent invasion and defeat.
A masterful book-masterful in its portrayal of its protagonists, masterful in its overall understanding of the death-struggle in which they engaged, masterful, above all, in its vivid, suspenseful chronicling of the most momentous eighty days in the history of this century.”-Geoffrey Ward
This is a marvelous book. John Lukacs has lucid, unsentimental insight into the mind and character of both Churchill and Hitler.”-Conor Cruise O’Brien
A wonderful story wonderfully told.”-George F. Will
It is salutary to be reminded in this powerful study how close Hitler came to winning in 1940. . . . An impressive study . . . [written] with elegance and panache.”-Peter Stansky, New York Times
A master of narrative history on a par with Barbara Tuchman and Garrett Mattingly.”-Kirkus Reviews
