Five Days in London:May 1940

Informationen zum Autor John Lukacs was professor of history at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, until his retirement and has been visiting professor at many universities. He is the author of twenty-one books, among them The Hitler of History , The Duel , The End of the Twentieth Century , The End of the Modern Age (which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize), and A Thread of Years . He is the recipient of numerous academic honors and awards. Klappentext The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940, altered the course of the history of this century as the members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. The decisive importance of these five days of Lukacs's magisterial new book. illustrations. Zusammenfassung John Lukacs reconstructs five tense and decisive days during which Churchill and the British War Cabinet debated the future of the war

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John Lukacs
• Verlag: Yale University Press Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 03.09.2001
• EAN: 9780300084665
• ISBN: 978-0-300-08466-5
• Seiten: 256
• Abmessung: 128 mm x 200 mm x 16 mm
• Themen: Ratgeber > Fahrzeuge, Flugzeuge, Schiffe, Raumfahrt > Militärfahrzeuge, -flugzeuge, -schiffe; Sachbuch