ISBN: 0712667024
Godina izdanja: 2002
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Winston S. Churchill - The Second World War
Pimlico / Random House, 2002
1033 str.
meki povez
stanje: vrlo dobro

Abridged Edition With an Epilogue on the Years 1945 to 1957

`I am perhaps the only man who has passed through the twosupreme cataclysms of recorded history in high executive office. I was in this second struggle with Germany for more than five years the head of His Majesty`s Government. I write therefore from a different standpoint and with more authority than was possible in my earlier books. I do not describe it as a history, for that belongs to another generation. But I claim with confidence that it is a contribution to history which will be of service to the future.`--Sir Winston Churchill From the origins of the conflict, the rise of Hitler and the futile attempts at appeasement, through the darkest days of Britain`s lone stand against the Axis powers, the great alliances with the USA and Soviet Russia and the triumphs of D-Day and the eventual liberation of Europe to the terrible birth of the Cold War under the shadow of nuclear weaponry, this is Winston Churchill`s landmark history of World War II. At once a personal account and a majesterial history, The Second World War remains Churchill`s literary masterpiece.

Presents the essence of Sir Winston Churchill`s personal story of the years between 1939 and 1945. His memoirs, which first appeared in six volumes, were abridged in 1958 by Denis Kelly, with Churchill`s approval. The main events of the war are described entirely in his own words.

WORLD HISTORY: FROM C 1900 -. `I am perhaps the only man who has passed through the two supreme cataclysms of recorded history in high executive office ... I was in this second struggle with Germany for more than five years the head of His Majesty`s Government. I write therefore from a different standpoint and with more authority than was possible in my earlier books. I do not describe it as a history, for that belongs to another generation. But I claim with confidence that it is a contribution to history which will be of service to the future.` Sir Winston Churchill From the origins of the conflict, the rise of Hitler and the futile attempts at appeasement, through the darkest days of Britain`s lone stand against the Axis powers, the great alliances with the USA and Soviet Russia and the triumphs of D Day and the eventual liberation of Europe to the terrible birth of the Cold War under the shadow of nuclear weaponry, this is Winston Churchill`s landmark history of World War II

Contents:
Machine generated contents note: BOOK I MILESTONES TO DISASTER 1919
May 10, 1940
ch. I The Follies of the Victors, 1919
1929
ch. II Peace At Its Zenith, 1922
1931
ch. III Adolf Hitler
ch. IV The Locust Years, 1931
1933
ch. V The Darkening Scene, 1934
ch. VI Air Parity Lost, 1934
1935
ch. VII Challenge And Response, 1935
ch. VIII Sanctions Against Italy, 1935
ch. IX Hitler Strikes, 1936
ch. X The Loaded Pause, 1936
1938
ch. XI Mr. Eden At The Foreign Office. His Resignation
ch. XII The Rape Of Austria, February 1938
ch. XIII Czechoslovakia
ch. XIV The Tragedy of Munich
ch. XV Prague, Albania, And The Polish Guarantee
ch. XVI On The Verge
ch. XVII Twilight War
ch. XVIII The Admiralty Task
ch. XIX The Front In France
ch. XX Scandinavia. Finland
ch. XXI Norway
ch. XXII The Fall Of The Government
BOOK II ALONE May 10, 1940
June 22, 1941
ch. I The National Coalition
ch. II The Battle Of France. Contents note continued: ch. III The March To The Sea
ch. IV The Deliverance Of Dunkirk
ch. V The Rush For The Spoils
ch. VI Back To France
ch. VII Home Defence And The Apparatus Of Counter-Attack
ch. VIII The French Agony
ch. IX Admiral Darlan And The French Fleet. Oran
ch. X At Bay
ch. XI Operation `Sea Lion`
ch. XII The Battle Of Britain
ch. XIII `London Can Take It`
ch. XIV Lend-Lease
ch. XV Desert Victory
ch. XVI The Widening War
ch. XVII The Battle Of The Atlantic
ch. XVIII Yugoslavia And Greece
ch. XIX The Desert Flank. Rommel. Tobruk
ch. XX Crete
ch. XXI General Wavell`s Final Effort
ch. XXII The Soviet Nemesis
BOOK III THE GRAND ALLIANCE Sunday, December 7, 1941, and onwards
ch. I Our Soviet Ally
ch. II My Meeting With Roosevelt
ch. III Persia And The Desert
ch. IV Pearl Harbour!
ch. V A Voyage Amid World War
ch. VI Anglo-American Accords
ch. VII The Fall of Singapore. Contents note continued: ch. VIII The U-Boat Paradise
ch. IX American Naval Victories. The Coral Sea and Midway Island
ch. X `Second Front Now!`
ch. XI My Second Visit To Washington. Tobruk
ch. XII The Vote Of Censure
ch. XIII The Eighth Army At Bay
ch. XIV My Journey to Cairo. Changes In Command
ch. XV Moscow: The First Meeting
ch. XVI Moscow: A Relationship Established
ch. XVII Strain And Suspense
ch. XVIII The Battle Of Alamein
ch. XIX The Torch Is Lit
ch. XX The Casablanca Conference
ch. XXI Turkey, Stalingrad And Tunis
ch. XXII Italy the Goal
BOOK IV TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY: 1943
1945
ch. I The Capture Of Sicily And The Fall Of Mussolini
ch. II Synthetic Harbours
ch. III The Invasion Of Italy
ch. IV Deadlock In The Mediterranean
ch. V Arctic Convoys
ch. VI Teheran: The Opening
ch. VII Teheran: Crux and Conclusions
ch. VIII Carthage And Marrakesh
ch. IX Marshal Tito: The Greek Torment. Contents note continued: ch. X The Anzio Stroke
ch. XI `Overlord`
ch. XII Rome And D Day
ch. XIII Normandy To Paris
ch. XIV Italy And The Riviera Landing
ch. XV The Russian Victories
ch. XVI Burma
ch. XVII The Battle Of Leyte Gulf
ch. XVIII The Liberation Of Western Europe
ch. XIX October In Moscow
ch. XX Paris And The Ardennes
ch. XXI Christmas At Athens
ch. XXII Malta And Yalta: Plans For World Peace
ch. XXIII Russia And Poland: The Soviet Promise
ch. XXIV Crossing The Rhine
ch. XXV The Iron Curtain
ch. XXVI The German Surrender
ch. XXVII The Chasm Opens
ch. XXVIII The Atomic Bomb


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