The duel : the eighty-day struggle between Churchill and Hitler /
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 During the late spring and early summer of 1940, Hitler was poised on the edge of absolute victory, having advanced rapidly through a large...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven, Conn. :
Yale University Press,
2001, ©1990.
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| Edition: | Yale University Press pbk. ed. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | 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 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 "PowerfulAn 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."--The |
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| Item Description: | "Cloth edition published 1990 by Ticknor & Fields"--Title page verso EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (258 pages, 1 unnumbered pages of plates) : map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-244) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300180978 0300180977 |
