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Title: The Second World War, Volume 3: The Grand Alliance by Winston S. Churchill ISBN: 0-395-41057-6 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 09 May, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Second World War, complete set 6 volumes
Comment: These six volumes should be, in my opinion, MANDATORY reading for anyone interested in (a) WW II (b) HISTORY (c)increasing their knowledge of the English language. Having read the entire set over 50-60 times, I am still fascinated by new material I discover with each re-reading. It comes as no surprise that Sir Winston was awarded the NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE for this masterpiece.
Rating: 5
Summary: History in the hands of a fine writer, still very readable
Comment: Because of his immense output, Winston Churchill may be described as an old-fashioned writer. Fortunately for us he does not read as such. There is very little archaic about the expressions he uses or the grammar he employs, in volume after volume after volume. It remains immensely readable, and this is the strength of a good writer, it seems to me. As a boy, Churchill was held up to me as an example of a person with a very full command of English. I was told, although I have never been able to verify it, that Churchill employed one of the largest vocabularies of any individual writing in English. It is ironic to think that, although the use of English is becoming ever more widespread, it is not generally being put to anything like the kind of use a man like Churchill made of it.
"The Grand Alliance" takes us to the point in the Second World War when the Americans finally declared their intentions. In a sense, it announced the end to hesitation, the end to British doubts about whether they could possibly win out against Hitler alone. Of course, America had participated in the war to a very large extent already, having agreed to set up the famous "Lend-Lease" program, whereby first Britain, and later Russia, were given material support in a way which satisfied the neutral and isolationist U.S. congress. It was also something of a victory for Churchill at the same time, since he had worked doggedly at bringing the Americans around, and although Pearl harbour did tip the balance, it was partly due to Churchill having prepared the ground.
Churchill himself states that, from the moment of the U.S. entry into the conflict, no matter how long it might take, he was certain of victory. From his point of view at the top, he could see that the sheer weight of numbers (tonnage, armament production etc.,), added to the geographical reality of Germany, meant they could never hope to win against the combined industrial might of Britain and the U.S. It was this absolute faith which sustained him during the reverses of 1941 and 1942.
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Title: The Second World War, Volume 1: The Gathering Storm by Winston S. Churchill ISBN: 039541055X Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 09 May, 1986 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: The Second World War by Winston S. Churchill, John Keegan ISBN: 039541685X Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 09 May, 1986 List Price(USD): $110.00 |
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Title: Blood, Sweat and Tears by Winston S. Churchill, Randolph S. Churchill ISBN: 1931313695 Publisher: Simon Publications Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill by James C. Humes, Richard M. Nixon ISBN: 0060925779 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 25 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: My Early Life: 1874-1904 by Winston Churchill, William Manchester ISBN: 0684823454 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 06 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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