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In Command of History

Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War

David Reynolds

Winston Churchill fought the World War II twice over-first as Prime Minister during the war, and then later as the war's premier historian. From 1948-54, he published six volumes of memoirs. They secured his reputation and shaped our understanding of the conflict to this day. Drawing on the drafts of Churchill's manuscript as well as his correspond...
Publish Date
2005-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
2005-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
First Published in 2004
Goodreads rating
4.08
ISBN
9780465003303
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2020-08-24T09:41:45.000Z
Today’s book. Re-reading it: my note inside says I first read it during the 2005 Labour party conference! A very great work of historical interpretation and recreation      source