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The New York Public Library, in looking back on the greatest books of the past century, called Churchill's history "monumental" and said that the author "drew upon thousands of his own memoranda and documents in British archives, but in the end, this epic is structured on his personal... read more
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Summary edit
The third volume of Churchill's memoirs of the Second World War. This volume focuses on the events surrounding the respective entries of the Soviet Union and the Unites States into the war.
Characters/People edit
- Sir Winston Churchill: Prime Minister of Great Britain.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: President of the United States.
- Joseph Stalin: Soviet Dictator.
First Sentence edit
LOOKING back upon the unceasing tumult of the war, I cannot recall any period when its stresses and the onset of so many problems all at once or in rapid succession bore more directly on me and my colleagues than the first half of 1941.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 6 in The Second World War (Churchill). (standard series)
Preceded by Their Finest Hour, and followed by The Hinge of Fate.
This is book 1 of 102 in National Review - 100 Best Non-fiction Books of the Century. (authoritative list)
Followed by The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Winston S. Churchill (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 909
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