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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Yale University Press; illustrated edition edition (5 Oct 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0300080301
  • ISBN-13: 978-0300080308
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.6 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 359,501 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"A brilliant, heavyweight little book... This is a modern history that refuses easy answers: its skillful concision cuts painfully to the bone and spills real blood on the carpets of Whitehall and Westminster." The Times "This gem of a book, the distillation of an important historian's life work, is a compelling antidote for those afflicted with historical amnesia." Kai Bird, Washington Post "A fascinating work of historical reconstruction... Lukacs gives us much to ponder in this intriguing - and perhaps still controversial - story." Stanley Weintraub, Wall Street Journal "[This book] has the power and sweep of Shakespeare's chronicle plays." Robert Taylor, Boston Globe "Superb... at once a provocative work of history and a marvelous historical entertainment, one that can be compared to such classics as Hugh Trevor-Roper's The Last Days of Hitler and Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August." Michael Korda, Harper's Magazine --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "He saved Britain, Europe and Western Civilization" Author, 16 Dec 2002
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This review is from: Five Days in London: May 1940 (Yale Nota Bene) (Paperback)
"But in May 1940 Churchill was the one who did not loose it" This is the theme of a compact, extraordinary 5 days that decided the outcome of WWII. This is certainly not the only event that brought the allies victory; however Mr. Lukacs demonstrates that while England was never in a position to win the war alone, she was in a position to loose it, and Churchill was the individual who saw that it was not lost.

I don't believe he overstates Churchill's role in the slightest. Had the War gone the other way Churchill certainly would have been the focus of all blame. Churchill was flawed, but during the decade of 1930, in what is often referred to as, "His Wilderness Years", the same men who would later owe their existence, and that of their Country's continuance to him, rejected him out of hand.

When he finally became Prime Minister it was when many of the disasters had begun or been completed. Churchill was given the mess that he inherited from Chamberlain and others; Alsace Lorraine gone, Austria gone, Czechoslovakia given away with Chamberlain's active participation punctuated by the "Peace In Our Time" debacle. Further, France was quickly falling apart, as were the Low Countries, Dunkirk loomed, and what is worse, Churchill had to cope with members of his own Cabinet that wanted to negotiate with Hitler as he was storming across Europe.

Churchill managed to bring those in government and the public to his side, and the rest as they say, is History. Mr. Lukacs provides great additional information, footnotes that are as informative as the body of the text, and an even handed description of those players involved including Churchill. Mr. Lukacs offers a brilliant documentation of History, which is also readable, and he plausibly demonstrates that what we may have thought of as an event that actually did take years to finish, may actually have been decided in 5 days.

Buy the book you will not be disappointed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Once again, Lukacs captures the mood of a pivotal moment in, 22 Oct 2001
This review is from: Five Days in London: May 1940 (Yale Nota Bene) (Paperback)
Once again, Lukacs captures the mood of a pivotal moment in World War II history. A must for all Churchill fans, this book accurately potrays the behind-the-scenes jostling that occured during those turbulent days.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Solid, 15 Jan 2001
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A solid account of some very important days in our recent history. The book gives a very detailed picture of the mood of the war cabinet, the different problems it faced and what discussions arose. The author however sometimes dwells to much on the details, but in all a good and important book for all interested in WWII.
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