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Winston Spencer Churchull: Defender Of The Realm, 1940-1965
Little Brown & Company
November 2012
On Sale: October 22, 2012
Featuring: Winston Churchill
1182 pages
ISBN: 0316547700
EAN: 9780316547703
Kindle: B0076DEPUK
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Biography
Spanning the years of 1940-1965, THE LAST LION picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister-when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill conjured up by William Manchester and Paul Reid is a man of indomitable courage, lightning fast intellect, and an irresistible will to action. THE LAST LION brilliantly recounts how Churchill organized his nation's military response and defense; compelled FDR into supporting America's beleaguered cousins, and personified the "never surrender" ethos that helped the Allies win the war, while at the same time adapting himself and his country to the inevitable shift of world power from the British Empire to the United States. More than twenty years in the making, THE LAST LION presents a revelatory and unparalleled portrait of this brilliant, flawed, and dynamic leader. This is popular history at its most stirring.
 Media BuzzDiane Rehm Show - NPR - November 26, 2012
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