The duel : Hitler vs. Churchill: 10 May - 31 July 1940

Author(s)

• Lukacs, John

Bibliographic Information

The duel : Hitler vs. Churchill: 10 May - 31 July 1940

John Lukacs

Oxford University Press, 1992, c1990

Note

Originally published: London : Bodley Head, 1990

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Offers an analysis of the personalities and psychology of Hitler and Churchill, focusing on the "duel" between the two - an 80-day struggle during which Hitler came much closer than has previously been acknowledged to gaining the upper hand.

Table of Contents

• The 80 days' duel
• the first coincidence (the 10th of May)
• the slippery slope (11-31 May)
• alone? (31 May-30 June)
• great expectations (1-30 July)
• the second coincidence (the 31st of July)
• after 50 years.

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Details

• NCID: BA17200041
• ISBN:
  • 0192852574
  • 0192852574
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: 276 p.
• Size: 20cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 940.53
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
  • LCSH : Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965
  • LCSH : World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western
  • LCSH : Lightning war