Triumph and Tragedy |
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Author:
| Churchill, Winston S. |
Series title: | Winston S. Churchill the Second World Wa Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7953-1147-5 |
Publication Date: | May 2014 |
Publisher: | RosettaBooks
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $17.99 |
Book Description:
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The sixth and final volume of The Second World War, Triumph and Tragedy documents with moving, dramatic detail the endgame of the war and the uneasy meetings between Churchill, Stalin, and Truman convening to discuss the plan for rebuilding Europe in the aftermath of such upheaval and devastation. Through Churchill's recollections as well as his correspondence with Stalin, Roosevelt, Truman and others, we are given an insider's perspective into such signal events as the Normandy...
More DescriptionThe sixth and final volume of The Second World War, Triumph and Tragedy documents with moving, dramatic detail the endgame of the war and the uneasy meetings between Churchill, Stalin, and Truman convening to discuss the plan for rebuilding Europe in the aftermath of such upheaval and devastation. Through Churchill's recollections as well as his correspondence with Stalin, Roosevelt, Truman and others, we are given an insider's perspective into such signal events as the Normandy invasion, the liberation of Paris, the death of Hitler, and the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan.The "tragedy" of the title points to the mistrust and hostility that arose between the victorious forces in the wake of the Second World War. From his vantage point, writing only a few years after the close of the war, Churchill describes the birth of the Cold War with dismay, fervently hoping that a greater, more destructive war is not on the horizon.One of the most fascinating works of history ever written, Winston Churchill's monumental The Second World War is a six-volume account of the struggle of the Allied powers in Europe against Germany and the Axis. Patriotic as Churchill was, he managed to maintain a balanced impartiality in his description of the war. What is perhaps most interesting, and what lends the work its tension and emotion, is Churchill's inclusion of a significant amount of primary material. We hear his retrospective analysis of the war, to be sure; but we are also presented with memos, letters, orders, speeches, and telegrams that give a day-by-day account of the reactions-both mistaken and justified-to the unfolding drama. Strategies and counterstrategies develop to respond to Hitler's ruthless conquest of Europe, his planned invasion of England, and his treacherous assault on Russia. It is a mesmerizing account of the crucial decisions that have to be made with imperfect knowledge and an awareness that the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Churchill won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 due in no small part to this awe-inspiring work.