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His The Second World War volume 1
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Covers the period from the Treaty of Versailles to Churchill's appointment as Prime Minister in 1940.
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Covers the high Victorian era of Palmerston, Gladstone and Disraeli, an age of free trade and imperialism as the British spread to Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Meanwhile the fledgling republic in America endured the great crisis of the Civil War to take its first steps on the road to becoming a world superpower.
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"In The Age of Revolution - the third volume of Churchill's history - Churchill charts the rise of Great Britain as a world power and the long rivalry with France, the shadow of the French Revolution, the rise of Napoleon and his defeat at Waterloo. The volume also covers the rise of the American colonies, their triumphant overthrow of British rule in the War of Independence and the first great generation of American leaders: Washington, Adams and...
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His Second World War volume 2
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English
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Covers the problems confronted by Churchill as he becomes Prime Minister, the Battle of France, the story of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, and the rebuilding of England's Army.
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His The Second World War volume 4
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English
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From uninterrupted defeat to almost unbroken success: a year when Rommel is gradually thrown back in North Africa, and in the Pacific the tide turns.
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His The Second World War volume 3
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English
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Covers the German drive toward the East as the United States becomes involved in World War II.
13) Closing the ring
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His The Second World War volume 5
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English
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An account of World War II from 1943 to June 5, 1944 tracing the liberation of France and the slow collapse of Nazi Germany.
20) The world crisis
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"The World Crisis is considered by many to be Winston S. Churchill's literary masterpiece. Published across five volumes between 1923 and 1931, Churchill here tells the story of the Great War, from its origins to the long shadow it cast on the following decades. At once a history and a first hand account of Churchill's own involvement in the war, The World Crisis remains a compelling account of the conflict and its importance."--Back cover.