The Duel: The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill & Hitler
John Lukacs
Mar 2001 · Yale University Press
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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 Washington Post
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 Washington Post
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...
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John Lukacs is the author of numerous books, among them The Hitler of History, The End of the Twentieth Century and the End of the Modern Age, Five Days in London, and A Thread of Years. The last two are available from Yale University Press.
John Lukacs is the author of numerous books, among them The Hitler of History, The End of the Twentieth Century and the End of the Modern Age, Five Days in London, and A Thread of Years. The last two are available from Yale University Press.
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