2000, ISBN: 9780195044249

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Fair/fair. 349, [1[ pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Notes on Sources. Index. Edges of boar… More...

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Fair/fair. 349, [1[ pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Notes on Sources. Index. Edges of boards and parts of DJ have been nibbled by a small toothed animal. Interior pages are very good. Sixty years ago, Europe lay at the feet of Adolf Hitler. In a series of whirlwind campaigns between September 1939 and June 1940, Germany defeated Poland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and France. It had completed a treaty with the Soviet Union, driven the British Expeditionary Force off the continent of Europe at Dunkirk, and stood poised to invade Great Britain, the only remaining belligerent. Standing between Hitler and world domination was the just-elected prime minister, Winston Churchill...and a few thousand 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" recreates the tensions and uncertainties of the events of 1940--months when the fate of the world truly did hang 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, diplomats and politicians, journalists and spies are combined with a fresh and often controversial account of the swirling political intrigues and betrayals of the period. Here are President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ambassador Joseph Kennedy; journalists Edward R. Murrow and Whitelaw Reid; Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King and French Premier Paul Reynaud. Here are the Royal Navy's assault on the French fleet, the hushed-up catastrophe of the SS "Lancastria, " America's secret plans to cope with the expected defeat of Britain, and Winston Churchill's indomitable determination to bring the New World to the rescue of the Old. A testament to a year when a nation's darkest hour became its finest, a work that blends original historical research with the experiences of ordinary people living in desperate times, "Finest Hour" is a major achievement, an indispensable contribution to the literature of World War II., Simon & Schuster, 2000, 2, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1988. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good in very good dust jacket. DJ has no price. Book club mark on rear board. Rear board was weak, restrengthened with glue.. x, [4]279, [11] p. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Waldo Heinrichs is Professor of History at Temple University. He is the author of American Ambassador: Joseph C. Grew and the Development of the U.S. Diplomatic Tradition. For Franklin D. Roosevelt, the spring of 1941 was a time of uncertainty. Hitler's armies were poised to strike, but no one was sure where the next attack would come, and Churchill and members of Roosevelt's administration were urging him to intervene before it was too late. In this account of the American entry into World War II, the author shows that Roosevelt was not the vacillating, impulsive, and disorganized leader as he is often portrayed, but a cautious, rational man, capable of acting with great determination. From the publisher's website: "As the first comprehensive treatment of the American entry into World War II to appear in over thirty-five years, Waldo Heinrichs' volume places American policy in a global context, covering both the European and Asian diplomatic and military scenes, with Roosevelt at the center. Telling a tale of ever-broadening conflict, this vivid narrative weaves back and forth from the battlefields in the Soviet Union, to the intense policy debates within Roosevelt's administration, to the sinking of the battleship Bismarck, to the precarious and delicate negotiations with Japan. Refuting the popular portrayal of Roosevelt as a vacillating, impulsive man who displayed no organizational skills in his decision-making during this period, Heinrichs presents him as a leader who acted with extreme caution and deliberation, who always kept his options open, and who, once Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union stalled in July, 1941, acted rapidly and with great determination. This masterful account of a key moment in American history captures the tension faced by Roosevelt, Churchill, Stimson, Hull, and numerous others as they struggled to shape American policy in the climactic nine months before Pearl Harbor.", Oxford University Press, 1988, 2.75<

1988, ISBN: 9780195044249

Hard Cover, 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall., Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket, ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN D DELANO 1882 1945 WORLD WAR 1939 DIPLOMATIC HISTORY UNITED STATES BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY PRESIDEN… More...

Hard Cover, 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall., Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket, ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN D DELANO 1882 1945 WORLD WAR 1939 DIPLOMATIC HISTORY UNITED STATES BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY PRESIDENTS HEADS MILITARY II 019504424X, Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book has pages. 6 pages in the prologue have stars pencilled in the margins. Can be erased. No other marks in the book. And two of the pages have the corner folded (dog-eared)., Don Mills, ON, Canada, [PU: Don Mills, ON, Canada: Oxford University Press, 1988]<

ISBN: 9780195044249

Oxford University Press. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possib… More...

Oxford University Press. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Oxford University Press, 2.5<

1988, ISBN: 019504424X

[EAN: 9780195044249], Used, [PU: Oxford University Press], Independent family-run bookstore for over 50 years! Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages,… More...

[EAN: 9780195044249], Used, [PU: Oxford University Press], Independent family-run bookstore for over 50 years! Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within, Books<