The Duel: The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill & Hitler by John Lukacs

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During the late spring and early summer of 1940, Hitler was poised on the edge of absolute victory, having advanced rapidly through a large part of Europe—and Britain was threatened by imminent invasion and defeat. From the acclaimed author of , this book tells the story of two leaders facing off against each other, and the decisions they made that shaped the eventual outcome of the Second World War. “Powerful…An impressive study [written] with elegance and panache.”— “A master of narrative history on a par with Barbara Tuchman and Garrett Mattingly.”—   “An often witty and always fascinating—even entertaining—writer.”—This day-by-day account of the maneuvering between Britain and Germany in 1940 is “a wonderful story wonderfully told” (George F. Will, -bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner).New York TimesWashington PostFive Days in London, May 1940The New York Times