The Gathering Storm (The Second World War) - Softcover

Churchill, Winston S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 039541055X ISBN 13: 9780395410554

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, 1986

Synopsis

The step-by-step decline into war, with Churchill becoming prime minister as "the tocsin was about to sound."

About this title

Review:

Winston Churchill was not only a statesman and leader of historic proportions, he also possessed substantial literary talents. These two factors combine to make The Gathering Storm a unique work. The first volume of Churchill's memoirs, this selection is broken into two parts. The first, "From War to War," consists of Churchill's critical observations on the settlement of World War I and its place in the causes of the Second World War. The second volume contains letters and memoranda from the British government--of which Churchill was part--as the country plunged unprepared into war. This stands as the best of history: written as it was made, by the man who made it.

About the Author:

Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) has been called by historians "the man of the twentieth century." Prime Minister of Great Britain (1940-1945), Churchill won the Nobel prize for literature in 1953.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 039541055X
• ISBN 13: 9780395410554
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 752