The last lion, Winston Spencer Churchill. Defender of the realm, 1940-1965 / William Manchester & Paul Reid.

Title:

ISBN:

9780316547703

Personal Author:

Manchester, William, 1922-2004

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Little, Brown & Co., [2012]

Physical Description:

xvi, 1,182 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Contents:

The lion hunted -- Cyclone : May-December 1940 -- The rapids : January-December 1941 -- Vortex : December 1941-November 1942 -- Crosscurrents : November 1942-December 1943 -- Pilot : December 1943-June 1944 -- Anchorage : June 1944-May 1945 -- Ebb tide : 1945-1955 -- Postscript : 1955-1965.

Summary:

Spanning the years of 1940-1965, this third volume in Manchester's monumental biography 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-and continues through Churchill's fight against the rising tide of communism.

Personal Subject:

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Geographic Term:

Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952

Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-2022

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century

Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 20th century

Great Britain -- History -- 20th century

Subject Term:

Cold War -- Biography

Prime ministers--Great Britain -- Biography

World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography