Never Surrender : Winston Churchill and Britain's Decision to Fight Nazi Germany in the Fateful Summer of 1940

from yeremenko

A fascinating look at perhaps the most important decision any government has made in the last 100 years. Though inferior to the masterful Five Days in London, May 1940 by John Lukacs, this work covers a longer period of time and attempts a broader, longer look. Kelly's skill is a storyteller, and...

from bevok

John Kelly surfaced on my radar with his 2015 release Never Surrender. I hadn't heard of him before, although I note he has produced a couple of interesting narrative histories, one on the Black Plague and the other on the Irish potato famine. He began his writing career with a title on clinical ...

from atticusfinch1048

Never Surrender - And we never did! John Kelly has written an excellent narrative history which all history lovers will enjoy reading and learning from. What is important about this book is that it charts the first six months of 1940 while the phoney war was taking place and high politics in Brit...

from atticusfinch1048

Never Surrender - And we never did! John Kelly has written an excellent narrative history which all history lovers will enjoy reading and learning from. What is important about this book is that it charts the first six months of 1940 while the phoney war was taking place and high politics in Brit...