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The Duel

The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill & Hitler

by John Lukacs
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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.”—TheWashington Post

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  • Release date

    August 11, 2020

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      • ISBN: 9780300180978

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      • ISBN: 9780300180978

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      • ISBN: 9780300180978
      • File size: 18737 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      July 1, 2001
      Lukacs is a familiar name in World War II studies. These two volumes, released in 1990 and 1976, respectively, follow the key players on the other side of the Atlantic. The duelists in the first title are Churchill and Hitler, and this book covers the pivotal 80-day period in 1940 when the Germans were poised to crush British forces and invade the empire. The second volume offers a precise time line of events and describes both what happened and why. Lukacs concentrates not only on the historical but on the sociological aspects of the war. For all collections.

      Copyright 2001 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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