WINSTON CHURCHILL: The Valiant Years

by ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 26, 1961

This is primarily a story of the valiant years. That Churchill is the dominant figure is, perhaps, symbolic. But the amazing thing about this book is the sustained quality of suspense, excitement, -- as if the story of the Second World War had for the first time been told. It is written to some extent in the words of others, but Jack LeVien and John Lord their own creative accomplishment in calling themselves ""editors"". For it is a creative achievement from the point of view of selection, arrangement and coordination- this last but not least. Many of the immortal words Churchill spoke and wrote during these years of war are set in context of the sweep of history. There is immense drama in episode after , twenty five in all, and they high spot the salient events of the war story, they set in focus the great figures that emerged from those years -- Churchill dominant, since it is the war experienced and seen through his eyes, but impressive in tribute to President Roosevelt, vivid in comparatively few lines to others, -- De Gaulle, Montgomery, Alan Brook, Wingate, O'Connor, Wavell, Eisenhower and his staff, Stilwell and many other American military leaders. There is vigorous writing herepoetic writing as well, and there is in the main great objectivity. To this reader this seems perhaps the best single volume history of the war that has come to this desk.

Pub Date: Feb. 26, 1961

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Bernard Geis

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1961

Categories: NONFICTION