The Second World War - Six Volumes (Chartwell Edition)
por Churchill, Winston S
- Usado
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Good Minus
- Livreiro
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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Sobre este item
London: The Educational Book Company Ltd, 1951. 6 vols: The gathering storm; their finest hour; the grand alliance; the hinge of fate; closing the ring; triumph and tragedy. Preface & Note to the "Chartwell" edition pages dated 1948/1954; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1951; 1953, respectively. Red spines sunned and rubbed with rubbing and chipping to brown leather title labels, with some loss to label edges. Boards rubbed with occasional staining. Hinges cracked. Some foxing, mainly to prelims, owner name to ffep, vol 5 has some dampstaining and wrinkling to edges of prelims and first pages, otherwise content clean and bright.. Cloth. Good Minus. 4to.
Sinopse
Dealing with war on a giant scale, THE GRAND ALLIANCE focuses on events as Britain, after fighting a desperate battle alone, was joined in the struggle against the enemy by Soviet Russia and the United Sates. Hitler's invasion of Russia brought to an end a period of almost exactly a year during which Britain and her Empire had stood alone. Six months later, the United States, attacked by Japan, joined the war and the Grand Alliance was born. It was a momentous turn in the course of the war and Sir Winston Churchill noted, 'United we could subdue everybody else in the world. Many disasters, immeasurable cost and tribulation lay ahead, but there was no more doubt about the end.'
Avaliações
Em Oct 16 2010, ElectricEel disse:
There is no doubt that Winston Churchill was a great stylist, and if you can only read one history of World War II, you should probably read this one. On the other hand, although I don't know if there are any outright lies in this book, he does deem occasionally filter the truth to suit his political convenience.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Bookcase
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- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 68990
- Título
- The Second World War - Six Volumes (Chartwell Edition)
- Autor
- Churchill, Winston S
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Good Minus
- Editorial
- The Educational Book Company Ltd
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1951
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Military;
- Size
- 4to
- Observação
- Pode ser um conjunto de vários volumes e exigir postagem adicional.
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