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Finest Hour
Tim Clayton
Philip R. Craig
其他書名
The Battle of Britain
出版
Simon and Schuster
, 2002-02-12
主題
Biography & Autobiography / General
Fiction / General
History / General
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Military / General
History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
ISBN
0684869314
9780684869315
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=W5xxHwMXXfMC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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AGAINST ALL ODDS
Sixty years ago, Europe lay at the feet of Adolf Hitler. Standing between Hitler and world domination was the just-appointed Prime Minister Winston Churchill...and a few hundred pilots in the Royal Air Force's Fighter Command. Defeat seemed inevitable. Instead, a legend was born.
Taking its readers on a breathtaking journey from open lifeboats in North Atlantic gales to the cockpits of burning fighter planes,
Finest Hour
re-creates the tensions and uncertainties of the events of 1940 -- months when the fate of the world truly hung in the balance. It is a powerful account, told through the voices, diaries, letters, and memoirs of the men and women who lived and loved, fought and died, during that terrible yet ultimately triumphant year. The personal stories of these soldiers and airmen, diplomats and politicians, journalists and spies, are combined with a fresh and often controversial account of the swirling political intrigues and betrayals of the period.
A testament to a year when a nation's darkest hour became its finest,
Finest Hour
is a singular achievement and an indispensable contribution to the literature of World War II.