Winston's War : Churchill, 1940-1945

from RTS1942

A thorough explanation of the structure and functioning of the British system for management of the war, its evolution and methods of functioning. Shows the value of Churchill's constantly questioning attitudes, the response of his advisors, and his invariable acquiescence in their considered adv...

from jamespurcell

One of the intriguing conundrums of WW2 is that it was started to save Poland from the Germans and ended with that country under Russian domination. Both Hitler and Stalin wanted to takeover Europe, clearly "Uncle Joe" had the better methodology . With absolutely no concern about how many Russian...

from reader68

Very readable. An excellent book. I hadn't read much about Churchill before, but this book filled the gaps.

from timspalding

This is an enormously engrossing account of Churchill's war years.

from cyderry

I am trying to increase my knowledge of the events that took place during World War II and in some ways this book was very helpful in that regard - especially the section about the evacuation at Dunkirk. However, I think that the book held a few too many political opinions for my liking in the ov...