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Winston Churchill’s six‑volume history of World War II has been condensed into a single, dramatic volume that captures the political, military, and personal dimensions of the conflict from Britain’s perspective.

Former London mayor and The Spectator editor examines Winston Churchill’s legacy, challenging myths and exploring the contradictions in his political and military career.

Set in Missouri before the U.S. Civil War, the novel follows Stephen Brice, a young Union‑sympathizer, as his life intertwines with a Southern family amid rising tensions.

A concise collection of Churchill’s portraits of sixteen notable historical figures from his *History of the English-speaking Peoples*, plus a biographical sketch of Sir Winston himself.

A masterly narrative history of the climactic battles of the Second World War, and companion volume to his bestselling 'Armageddon', by the pre-eminent military historian Max Hastings.The battle for Japan that ended many months after the battle for Europe involved enormous naval, military and air operations from the borders of India to the most distant regions of China. There is no finer chronicler of these events than the great military historian Max Hastings, whose gripping account explores not just the global strategic objectives of the USA, Japan and Britain but also the first-hand experiences of the airmen, sailors and soldiers of all the countries who participated in the Far East and the war in the Pacific. The big moments in the story are chosen to reflect a wide variety of human experience: the great naval battle of Leyte Gulf; the under-reported war in China; the re-conquest of Burma by the British Army under General Slim; MacArthur's follies in the Philippines; the Marines on Iwojima and Okinawa; LeMay's fire-raising Super-fortress assaults on Japan; the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; the kamikaze pilots of Japan; the almost unknown Soviet blitzkrieg in Manchuria in the last days of the war, as Stalin hastened to gather the spoils; and the terrible final acts across Japanese-occupied Asia.This is classic, epic history – both in the content and the manner of telling.

Winston S. Churchill’s second volume of his six‑volume World War II history, "Their Finest Hour," chronicles Britain’s struggle from France’s fall to the Blitz and the Allies’ diplomatic push to bring the United States into the fight.

Laurence Rees uncovers clandestine agreements and hidden presidential decisions that shaped the outcomes of World War II, revealing new archival evidence and firsthand testimonies.

In Citizens of London, Lynne Olson has written a work of World War II history even more relevant and revealing than her acclaimed Troublesome Young Men. Here is the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, Averell Harriman, and John Gilbert Winant. Drawing from a variety of primary sources, Olson skillfully depicts the dramatic personal journeys of these men who, determined to save Britain from Hitler, helped convince a cautious Franklin Roosevelt and a reluctant American public to support the British at a critical time. The three--Murrow, the handsome, chain-smoking head of CBS News in Europe; Harriman, the hard-driving millionaire who ran FDR's Lend-Lease program in London; and Winant, the shy, idealistic U.S. ambassador to Britain--formed close ties with Winston Churchill and were drawn into Churchill's official and personal circles. So intense were their relationships with the Churchills that they all became romantically involved with members of the prime minister's family: Harriman and Murrow with Churchill's daughter-in-law, Pamela, and Winant with his favorite daughter, Sarah. Others were honorary "citizens of London" as well, including the gregarious, fiercely ambitious Dwight D. Eisenhower, an obscure general who, as the first commander of American forces in Britain, was determined to do everything in his power to make the alliance a success, and Tommy Hitchcock, a world-famous polo player and World War I fighter pilot who helped save the Allies' bombing campaign against Germany.Citizens of London, however, is more than just the story of these Americans and the world leaders they aided and influenced. It's an engrossing account of the transformative power of personal diplomacy and, above all, a rich, panoramic tale of two cities: Washington, D.C., a lazy Southern town slowly growing into a hub of international power, and London, a class-conscious capital transformed by the Blitz into a model of stoic grace under violent pressure and deprivation. Deeply human, brilliantly researched, and beautifully written, Citizens of London is a new triumph from an author swiftly becoming one of the finest in her field.From the Hardcover edition.

Fourteenth volume of Winston Churchill’s six‑volume history, "The Hinge of Fate" chronicles the turning of the Second World War as Allies begin to turn the tide with victories at Midway, Guadalcanal and Stalingrad.

Winston Churchill’s third volume, The Grand Alliance, chronicles the pivotal moments that ended Britain’s isolation—Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union and the United States’ entry after Pearl Harbor—showing how the Allied powers solidified their cooperation against Nazi Germany.

The Gathering Storm is Winston Churchill’s first volume of his comprehensive history of the Second World War, charting Britain’s political decisions, the rise of Nazi Germany, and the lead‑up to Britain’s entry into the conflict.

Richard Overy drills readers hour by hour through the tense decisions of 1939 that set Europe on a collision course, revealing how diplomacy, politics, and power struggles culminated in the outbreak of World War II.