The Second World War. Volume I, the gathering storm / by Winston S. Churchill ; foreword by Antony Beevor.

By: Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 [author.]Contributor(s): Beevor, Antony, 1946- [author of introduction, etc.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Churchill, Winston, Second World War ; 1.Publisher: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2015Copyright date: ©1948Edition: Churchill 2015 editionDescription: xviii, 638 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780297609599 (hardback)Other title: Gathering stormSubject(s): Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 | Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 | Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 | World War (1939-1945) | 1900 - 1999 | War -- Causes | World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes | World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British | Great Britain | England -- History -- 20th century | Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: History. | Personal narratives -- British. DDC classification: 940.5311 Summary: Hanging the chronicle and discussion of great military and political events upon the thread of his personal experiences, Sir Winston Churchill provides an immediate and current account of all the tremendous events of the coming of war as they unfolded. THE GATHERING STORM explores the events of the period between the end of the Great War and the beginning of the Second World War and details Sir Winston Churchill's belief that the latter should never have been allowed to occur. Mankind, he asserts, must learn from the lessons of the past as 'There was never a war more easy to stop than that which has just wrecked what was left of the world from the previous struggle.' Contains a foreword by Antony Beevor. This edition published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death.
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Hanging the chronicle and discussion of great military and political events upon the thread of his personal experiences, Sir Winston Churchill provides an immediate and current account of all the tremendous events of the coming of war as they unfolded. THE GATHERING STORM explores the events of the period between the end of the Great War and the beginning of the Second World War and details Sir Winston Churchill's belief that the latter should never have been allowed to occur. Mankind, he asserts, must learn from the lessons of the past as 'There was never a war more easy to stop than that which has just wrecked what was left of the world from the previous struggle.' Contains a foreword by Antony Beevor. This edition published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death.

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