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Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

Door Tim Clayton e.a.

Categorie	Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer	#374356-XA48
Titel	Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
Auteur	Clayton, Tim & Philip R. Craig
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Simon and Schuster
Jaar van uitgave	2002
ISBN10	0684869314
ISBN13	9780684869315
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, some illustrations (including photographs) in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Sixty years ago, Europe lay at the feet of Adolf Hitler. Standing between Hitler and world domination was the just-appointed Prime Minister Winston Churchill... and a few hundred pilots in the Royal Air Force's Fighter Command. Defeat seemed inevitable. Instead, a legend was born. Taking its readers on a breathtaking journey from open lifeboats in North Atlantic gales to the cockpits of burning fighter planes, Finest Hour re-creates the tensions and uncertainties of the events of 1940 -- months when the fate of the world truly hung in the balance. It is a powerful account, told through the voices, diaries, letters, and memoirs of the men and women who lived and loved, fought and died, during that terrible yet ultimately triumphant year. The personal stories of these soldiers and airmen, d... (Lees verder)iplomats and politicians, journalists and spies, are combined with a fresh and often controversial account of the swirling political intrigues and betrayals of the period. A testament to a year when a nation's darkest hour became its finest, Finest Hour is a singular achievement and an indispensable contribution to the literature of World War II.
Pagina's	337
Conditie	Goed — Black permanent market line on button cut (near spine).
Prijs	€ 10,00

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