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Second World War: Milestones To Disaster (Audio CD) (2000)

by Winston S. Churchill(Favorite Author)

4.11 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0792776283 (ISBN13: 9780792776284)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

review 1: I'm going to come back to this. It both requires more attention than my bits of time while commuting allow and could use some more background on the history of the war before I start. I love the writing style and the information is excellent, but I need an overview of the history before I can appreciate this first-hand account. It is too much written as commentary on what everyone must have known when it was written for me to be able to get all I should from it.
review 2: Churchill's six volume history of the Second World War sat on my parents' bookshelves for decades and now sit on mine, unopened. I was therefore grateful to see that BBC Audio has produced Churchill's abridged history (four volumes rather than six) on CD, narrated by an actor with a passabl... moree immitation of Churchill's speaking style. Churchill himself said: "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it" and it is with this in mind that you need to approach these books. Nevertheless, it is an excellent introduction to the subject which can be supplemented by visits to the internet to get greater insight by viewing maps of territories and movements of troops mentioned and the various other viewpoints given on the battles, apart from Churchill's. I particularly enjoyed hearing the history of Chamberlin's "peace in our time", Quisling and the Molotov cocktail in this volumne. Churchill's inclusions of details of his own personal life - bricklaying the kitchen in the days leading up to the declaration of war and his recommendations about the benefits of the nap add additional interest and humanity to these pages. less

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