Author: MANCHESTER, WILLIAM
Title: The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill - Alone 1932-1940
Description: Boston, Little, Brown and Company. 1988, 1st.US Edition. (ISBN: 0316545120) Hardcover. Book, During this period, Churchill was tested as few men are: relentlessly pursued by creditors, disowned by his own party, vociferously dismissed by the press as a warmonger, and twice nearly lost his seat in Parliament. Yet despite his personal and political troubles, Churchill managed to assemble a vast, underground intelligence network-both within the British government and on the continent-which provided him with more complete and accurate information on Germany than the British government. Recognizing the horrifying truth, Churchill stood almost alone against Nazi aggression and the he sordid British and French policy of appeasement 766p, plates Source notes. index. Heavy Volume. As New/As New.

Keywords: 0316545120 World War Ii Britain Winston Churchill Biography Politics