Five Days in London
May-40

Wow! What a remarkable book that takes a true "inside" look at Churchill and his War Cabinet during the most crucial days of WW2. This is part of a group of books the author has written which examine WW2 and Churchill and despite its short length it provides so much insight as to how Churchill was a......more

Lukacs A párviadal c. könyvére azt találtam írni, hogy "elképesztő mélységű elemzés" Churchill és Hitler 1940-es összefeszüléséről. De akkor most erre a kötetre mit mondjak? Hogy egy tudományos Mariana-árok? Hm. Ez mondjuk így elég félreérthető lenne. Akárhogy is, Lukacs prof az esemény 50 éves jubil......more

A poorly organised and written history, that only retains two stars because the story - the five days during which Churchill's war cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler - is inherently fascinating. This made my frustration with Lukacs' rendering of his material all the greater. There are m......more

Picked this up after seeing "Dunkirk." Lukacs' case is that Churchill understood intuitively at the fall of France that Hitler could not be negotiated with, and that capitulation would have ultimately meant the end of Western Civilization. Though I've read that elsewhere, Lukacs gives a picture of m......more

3.5*** Historian John Lukacs has written over twenty books, several dealing with World War II. In this book he focuses specifically on Winston Churchill and the five days from May 24 to May 28, 1940. Churchill did not win the war in those five days, but his actions and leadership ensured that Englan......more