Alone: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: Defeat Into Victory [Hardcover]

Entertaining. . . This crucial time is recounted by someone who witnessed those years as a child. Korda, a longtime book editor before becoming a full-time author, is like a charming dinner party host offering his personal experience of history. . . A fine introduction for anyone new to this fulcrum point of the 20th century.Where Korda's account differs from many similar Dunkirk histories is in a wide trawl of simultaneous social history alongside the military and political events. . . The book is also lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographsmany of them unfamiliar. Anyone wanting to explore the history behind Christopher Nolan's recent film could do a lot worse than start here.?Korda tells an exciting story laced with eyewitness detail and a fine sense of drama.A swiftly paced, illuminating account of events at the opening of World War II in Europe, recounting a military defeat with a happy ending. Revived in part thanks to Christopher Nolan's 2017 filmThe incredible, almost miraculous story of what happened at Dunkirk in the year 1940and whyis unfolded inThe story of the coming of World War Two, the fall of France, and the miracle at Dunkirk has been told many times before, but Michael Korda injects this familiar tale with fresh poignancy and compelling drama as only the finest historians can do&[His] memories as a young boy, watching his famous film family deal with the onset of war, give his elegant narrative an added dimension that makes it compulsively readable.Michael Korda, who has often extended our understanding of so many diverse subjects, has accomplished another masterpiece inA fascinating mix of political history and personal reminiscence. I personally had almost the same experience, and was transported back seventy-five years.Michael Kordas cool dissection of the battle of Dunkirk and its aftermath makes wonderful reading: hes as able a historian as he was an editor.Combining epic history with rich family stories, Mil£$