Alone: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: Defeat Into Victory 9781631491337, 9781631491320

In an absorbing work peopled with world leaders, generals, and ordinary citizens who fought on both sides of World War I

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Alone: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: Defeat Into Victory
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In 1940 two enemies faced each other across the English Channel, both giants in their own way, as the fate of the world

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Now available in paperback and written by the author of the official British military analysis of the Iraq campaigns, Bl

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Describes the events surrounding the Battle of Dunkirk and the rescue of British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk duri

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In war, do mass and materiel matter most? Will states with the largest, best equipped, information-technology-rich milit

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In this powerful biography, the middle volume of William Manchester’s critically acclaimed trilogy, Winston Churchill wa

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Winner of the Dan and Marilyn Laney Prize of the Austin Civil War Round Table Finalist, Jefferson Davis Award of the Mus

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In 1962, the US Secretary of State observed that post-war Britain had 'lost an empire and not yet found a role'

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A lifelong sports fanatic plumbs the depths of the fan mindset, tracking the mania from the gridiron to the national pol

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What determines the outcome for rebels in contemporary African civil wars? How are "victory" and "defeat&

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The seemingly endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have renewed the age-old debate over what constitutes military victor

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