Manufacturer: Mariner Books Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours List Price:$120.00 Our Price:$75.60 Authors: Winston S. Churchill John Keegan Description: "after the goal of the world war of 1914 there were a major conviction and an almost universal hope that peace would reign in the world. The desire of this heart of all the people could easily be gained by immutability in right convictions, and by good direction and prudence reasonable." But us all soaps which is not what occurred. Like Prime Minister of Great Britain of the major part of the Second World War, Winston Churchill -- whose career had that the point already surrounded the roles of the military historian and the civil servant with a competence in both that few others could claim -- had a single prospect on the conflict, and as soon as it left the office in 1945, it started to downwards place this prospect on paper. To measure the importance of the Second World War, it is worth the sorrow to remember that there are no account of parallel of either other chiefs, Roosevelt and Stalin allied. We have in this work multivolume an account which contains the complete field and the intimate detail. Almost whoever which compiles a list of such strongly works of the rows it among the books of nonfiction of the 20th century. In volume of opening, the gathering of the Donnent ways the attack to, of Churchill that the erosion of precarious peace has sponsored at the end of the First World War, followed rise to the power in Adolf Hitler and the Nazis and their progressive diffusion of beyond the borders of Germany to the major part of the European continent. Churchill envisaged the next crisis and made known its completely clear opinion in all last ' 30s, and this book concludes on a note from defense, with its go in May 1940 as a Prime Minister, after which he remembers that "I felt as if I walked with the destiny, and that all my last life had been but a preparation of this hour and for this test." Their more pleasant hour is concerned with 1940. France falls, and England is left to only face the German threat. Soon London is under the seat of the air -- and Churchill has some stories of its own experiments during the attack lights to divide -- but they persevere at the end of what Churchill calls "most splendid, because it was mortal, year in our long English and British history." They tighten above in large alliance, releasing Ethiopia of the Italians and lending the support in Greece. Then, when Hitler gives up on its pact of non-aggression with Soviet Union (very the signature of what had proven Stalin and its commissars "the handymen most completely exceeded Second World War"), the allied team starts to amalgamate. The bombardment of the wearing of pearl by the Japanese makes the participation of the United States in the civil servant of war, and it is "greater joy" with Churchill: "how long the war would last or at which fashion it would finish any man could say, nor I with this care of moment. Again in our history of long island us should emerge, however abused or mutilated, sure and victorious." But because the fourth volume, the hinge of the destiny, indicates, success would not occur during the night. The Japanese soldiers always held of the strong positions in the Pacifique theatre, and the bodies of the tank of Rommel were on the offensive in Africa. After a cord of the military defeats, the adversaries of Churchill at the Parliament presented a movement for a voice of censure; this was maniablement demolishes, and the victory was fixed in Africa, then Italy. By this time, Churchill had met separately with Roosevelt and Stalin; second half of volume 5, Closing the ring, joins together the three of them for the first time at the conference from November 1943 in Teheran. This book closes the day before of the D-day: "all the boats were at sea. We had the control of the oceans and air. The tyranny of Hitler was condemned." And thus, in volume, triumph and tragedy of conclusion, the allies push through Europe and take the combat in Berlin. The final victory of died of the President Roosevelt' S not very front against Germany has affected Churchill deeply, "as if I had been struck a physical blow," and he would regret later not to attend the burial and then not to meet Harry Truman, instead of with the conference of Potsdam after the defeat of Germany. Churchill itself would not be there for the conclusion with the war against Japan; in July of 1945, one had so much primordially expressed a general election in Great Britain brought in a government of work (or, as it refers to them, of the "Socialists"), and it resigned immediately, because "the verdict of the voters who I did not wish to remain even during an hour responsible for their business."

Among the books that granted Churchill the Nobel Prize is "The second world war". This book is a history lesson about WWII. Even if it's more than 1000 pages in length, it's never a tedious reading, even if it becomes very dense at some parts.

Churchill was always in the center of the war, as a politician. "The second world war" is a book about the War's politics. All the motives and reasons behind the war are toroughly explained, as well as all the war's developments during the toughest six years in the history of humanity.

Being a book mostly about politics, I felt at some times the lack of battle field scenes; being a book mostly about the war in Europe and northern Africa, I felt I wanted more information about the war in the Pacific. But it's undertandable that "The second world war" doesn't go very deep in these subjects, because Churchill writes mostly about what he was part of, so much so that in Brazil the title of this book is "Memoirs of the second world war". And that's what it is: Churchill's memories of what he was part of during WWII.

So, it's not a complete book about the war, and it couldn't possibly be, but it's a fundamental book for readers to understand the war in a political way. For a complete understanding of other aspects of the war, there are other books that should also be read, like Cornelius Ryan's "The longest day", "A bridge too far", or Stephen Ambrose's books, just to name a few of the most popular.

Now I'm looking forward to reading Churchill's books on the First World war.

Grade 9.1/10


5 STARS AREN'T ENOUGH
Sheesh - difficult to read? Perhaps one should try "WWII FOR DUMMIES"!

This is an awsesome, detailed, and superbly documented historical work. By it's very nature it can't be light or entertaining. In a certain sense it's a reference book for future professional historians that want to improve their understanding of the 20th century. The author delves into a myriad of topics along the way; invariably with penetrating insights and a unique writing style. The average person doesn't really need to read it cover to cover. Most of the chapters can stand alone. The documentation isn't overly important to the narrative.

The work also has great uniqueness and originality. No other world leader wrote a detailed memoir of their war experiences, let alone an overarching history of it. No one else had the perspective on the war that Churchill did. And like all major wars, it was unique, never to be duplicated in the history of the world.

In regard to errors, I wonder how many of you bozos have saved the world from a power mad, genocidal, megalomaniacal dictator without making an error? Sheesh.


A priceless piece of history, a must read series of books.
I wholeheartedly recommend this series of books Volume 1 through 6. It is a story about a nation and its representatives as they stood against adversity and defeat. Despite of some minor imperfections which is a part of being human,Winston churchill displayed an abundance of qualities that bring out the finest in all of us. This series is about the human drama that pitched the values of democracy against dictatorship. Dictatorships lost, not because they were weak in weapons or men but because they lacked the resolve or focus that accompanies a righteous cause.One could draw lessons to improve our own lives from this inspirational work about triumph of the human spirit.


The Words Don't Fit the Pictures
The Second World War is a history which will never develop cold. It was a historical drama on a massive scale and all those which took part of the fact the titanic fight have an ensured collective immortality. Churchill was the principal rhetorician of the war. Deeply implied in the war itself as a chief of the British empire broken with the conflicts, the words which it spoke and has writing formed the manner we see the events of this thundery weather. It could suppose, therefore, that its history of the war is the best will of this pivotal moment in the human history. I would request to differ. Like rhetorician as a chief of the war, it was also one of the distorters as a chief of its events. In this book, suitabilities of propaganda which were essential to maintain the moral one decreasing by the wearied British people of the war, to be invented in the alleged ones made and be to have passed to far like true currency of the historical truth. These events with which Churchill was implied the most are those more twisted in its account. Although it has the image of the big boss of war, the tactical and strategic errors of Churchill were so much much and as destructive as it is a miracle which Great Britain survived. Perhaps there was little that it could have made to prevent the overpowering German victory of 1940, but in 1941 he was responsible for a disaster after others. In North Africa, one currently stains luminous, the British army led a greater Italian force behind and threatened to lead forces of axis by the whole continent. Rather what achieve this worthy goal, Churchill uprooted the victorious army and A sent to far in Greece, where it immediately suffered the wretched defeat. Running away itself again in Africa, the English are assembled on the left behind the major part of their heavy equipment in second Dunkirk. Thus weakened, they could not stop the Italians, reinforced by a small German force carried out by Rommell, from regaining all Libya and to threaten Egypt. Currently, Churchill also sowed seeds for the rout in the east. In the hope of a Japanese attack, it insisted to strongly reinforce the important military base of Singapore, pouring in the thousands of troops. Unfortunately, it almost did not give them any air or cover of sea, so that when Japanese attacked, they outmaneuvered hopelessly, cut out, demolishes, and gone with far in the jungle to build railroads and to die. It was incontestably the greatest military disaster in the British history. It is obvious that if the war had been left until Churchill, Great Britain would have been demolished soon. Fortunately for Great Britain, Hitler and the Japanese were enough stupid to throw their higher military machines against the United States and Soviet Union, giving to Great Britain the allies which it badly had need. Course, being to half American, Churchill gives to the United States its due, but to read this book, the impression is obtained that the tide of the war turned with the EL Alamein and the decisive battle were D-day. Reality is, however, that 7 on each 10 Germans killed in the war died on before Russian. In spite of its powerful allies, Churchill continued to be behind stupid and, indeed, immoral decisions. For a certain unexplainable reason, it sent thousands of Canadians to their deaths by an attack idiot on the French city of Dieppe. It also has celebrates described Italy like "Low soft belly of Europe," driving with its invasion of 1943. After the unloading in the South, the vast allied armies were held on before narrow through the peninsular one by German forces much smaller, and were only allowed to advance with a step of tortoise while the decisive events of the war played outside on before Eastern. Fortunately for the allies, Churchill was marginalized more and more in the decision-making process, perhaps but with Germany on the cords, it made its worse decision of the war, the bombardment of terror of the German cities. The sending vast armadas of the bombers in the civil centers of attack made little to stop the enemy production of war, but the cost into civil innocent assassinated and allied air are used as team-member the projectile was in fall immense. With this action, Churchill was put on the same level going down from the scale as Hitler. This book is certainly not adapted like text of introduction on the Second World War, but the full historical facts in sight, it provides to an image intrigante way in which rhetoric is written and the history is twisted.


literature and history at its finest
A chief of work of the literature of the world. No matter who remotely interested in the twentieth history of century should read the accounts of Churchill of WWI and WWII. Churchill begins the Second World War by noting that "volumes [ be ] that a continuation of the history of the First World War... aimed to the crisis of the world, before Eastern, and the consequence". As large as the Second World War is in the range and perspicacity, it is even larger one time considered thus that its treatment of WWI. It is a pity its account of WWI and its consequence are not currently any more in the copy, available only by libraries of university and salesmen of the rare books (if editors read, I request them to consider to republish its accounts of WWI). The chronicles of Churchill of WWI and WWII are a priceless account of value of the incomprehensible agitation which characterized first half of the 20th century. The range of this literary achievement is made much more invaluable and astonishing when one considers the first hand prospect given by Churchill. During the two wars, it occupied of the important roles of government, putting it in a single position to make the chronicle of the events during this era. The crisis of the world, before Eastern, the following day, and volumes of the Second World War are the memories personnel as much as monumental stories. They force with many levels, the stories of much by one.


Sir Winston at his Best
Really an astonishing account of the Second World War by one of its principal actors, and an absolute duty-read for those which look at to include/understand the events which took place for the most sunk period 20th century. Churchill brings all the house in detail sharp to him, exhibitor with future generations right how narrow the human race had suddenly written a second medieval period; with the total destruction caused by the war; and the horrors which came after it. The book makes to the reader all the too conscious one owing to the fact that it could have been the causing inspiration, had solved few chiefs before, and certainly no since, it there, and firm for freedom against Nazie tyranny the way in which Mr Winston was in his time.


Captivating is an understatement
I have not read a series of books of such volume that have captivated me to such a great level. The nuances in politics and millitary, let alone the human element Churchill adds in here and makes these books of an epic quality that cannot be surpassed.

I loved my paperback volumes so much that now I have found and bought an old set of the hardcovers which came out years ago. Really fabulous.


An extraordinary man for an extraordinary time
What a brilliant, shining human being. His eloquence and spirit were such that even his political enemies would stand and cheer after one of his rousing speeches in the House of Commons where he labored, often against large and scornful majorities, to wrest the world from lethargy and the denial of a growing Nazi threat. These volumes were not written by an academic years after the events... Churchill was the man who actually pulled off this extraordinary accomplishment. There is not much personal anecdote (see the diaries of Lord Moran for that). Here, you find an epic told in clear and compelling prose by a truly inspiring and brilliant leader. With others, I stand in awe. A terrific read.


I've read this book so many times
The future generations will be most grateful that we had as a Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill. Not only for its control, which undoubtedly saved the world of the Nazism, but also because of its memories. Reading this book, it felt as I was really there, feeling the tension like Hitler prepared on new conquests, the reversal like France


Historical accuracy and personal experience
The book of Churchill is really astonishing, not only for the fine size, but for the vast one increase knowledge shown and personal experiment behind it. Churchill includes hundreds of documents and thus provides the reasonable evidence of what he writes. Its stronger moments are its criticism of the British policy of appeasing and the account of 1940/41, where his will to survive and its pertinacity can still be smelled by the pages. Its personal experiment is always there, although it abstains from to give to its readers too anecdotes. In spite of the fact the whole was written very little of time after the war, the majority of the things are completely precise, although the pages on the Nazi Germany are not always enlightened. But - being German - I never smelled myself that any hatred towards my people in general and one can spout out join inside with his dislike of Germany to this moment. The book, or rather books, never boring. An absolute chief of work of the historical writing.


A classic for the next millennium
Churchill gained the Nobel Prize for the literature, and it was mainly on the force of this work. It was published much of time, but must have reviewed like unit. Volume one of this unit, "the gathering Give the attack to", is more alarming than any film of horror ever filmed. Observe without resource as decent people are drawn in the black hole of the worst tragedy in which humanity ever found itself. You will note that I finished this last sentence with a proposal. This points out a history to me - during one somebody day elbow the Prime Minister pushed and recalled that it, also, had made this offence against the grammatical decency. The reported response of Churchill was "this is completed pedantry, to the top of with what I will not put."


The most fascinating story ever told - should be compulsory!
This book distributed five volumes, incredibly it is enthralling moment when select it to you to the top of the right-hand side at the end. A revelation in why the war occurred, how it could so much easily be prevented, and the monumental fight of the life and dead which formed how we live now. The only parts absent are connected to the details of the war of intelligence and, in particular, of the rupture of the German codes by Bletchley Park and the development of the first computers.


one part missing
The only thing preventing this book from being known as the greatest of the 20th Century is Churchill's exclusion of "The Great Lie." Still worth every minute you spend reading it though.


A Master in Politics and Literature



The best, in-depth book I have ever read on World War II
Rarely can one read such a book as this one. While I have read approximately 500 books on World War II alone, I have never read one that I enjoyed as much as this. The Patton Papers was close, but not as good if judged on information solely. I recommend that anyone interested in the history of WW II to take the time to enjoy this book!


Churchill is the greatest man of the 20th century
The big boss of its time was not only Churchill, it was the largest historian as well. No student of the history should be without this series. The fact that it is indefinitely out of the actions should return the editors of themselves


Amazing
A true masterpiece by a truly great man. Noone can possibly write better prose



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