The Second World War : abridged with an epilogue on the years, 1945-1957

著者

• Churchill, Winston, Sir

書誌事項

The Second World War : abridged with an epilogue on the years, 1945-1957

Winston S. Churchill

Cassell, 1997, c1959

注記

"Abridged edition"--Jacket

"Reissued 1989, 1997"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

Also published as extended six volume work

This abridged work originally published: 1959

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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. For the abridgement, Churchill wrote an epilogue reviewing the years since his relinquishment of the office of Prime Minister in 1945 up to 1957, and including his thoughts on the prospects for the future. The main events of the war are described in Churchill's own words, as he charts the milestones from early disaster to victory and beyond: from the Treaty of Versailles to Hitler's conquest of Poland; the fall of France; the Battle of Britain; the Blitz; the struggle in the desert; the amphibious operations in North Africa, Sicily and Italy; D-Day; the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and the establishment of the Iron Curtain in Europe.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA3762152X
• ISBN:
  • 0304349682
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: xviii, 1033 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • DC21 : 940.548141
• 件名:
  • LCSH : World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British
  • LCSH : Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography