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Paperback. Includes 200 extracts from entire oeuvre of books, articles and speeches that reflect author's life story, career and philosophy. This title tells the biography of the author as recounted in the great man's own inimitable words. Editor(s): Gilbert, Martin. Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 45. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857501462
- ISBN
- 9780857501462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 716 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 38. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 716
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650685
- ISBN
- 9780691650685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 303.10€ 224.11
€ 303.10
€ 224.11
Paperback. Series: Cold War History. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349413348
- ISBN
- 9781349413348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.56
€ 122.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 472 pages, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD1; HBJK; HBW; HBWQ; JPS; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811718981
- ISBN
- 9780811718981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.92
€ 32.99
€ 28.92
paperback. Would it have been possible for the First World War to be avoided? Steve Cliffe, author of Churchill, Kitchener and Lloyd George: First World Warlords, believes so as did David Lloyd George, Britain's wartime prime minister. Num Pages: 160 pages, 41. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781552728
- ISBN
- 9781781552728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.29
€ 19.99
€ 8.29
Hardback. Series: Anthem World History. Num Pages: 390 pages, 12+ maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843318774
- ISBN
- 9781843318774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.69
€ 133.69
Paperback. Put in the wider context of British imperial and diplomatic aims in 1941-1945, the book clarifies the importance of Vietnam to Britain's regional objectives in Southeast Asia; concluding that Churchill was willing to sacrifice French colonial interests in Vietnam for his all-important 'special relationship' with the United States. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298217
- ISBN
- 9780230298217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 52.77
€ 53.48
€ 52.77
Paperback. By June 1940, most of Europe had fallen to the Nazis and Britain stood alone. So, with Winston Churchill in charge the British bluffed their way out of trouble, drawing on the trickery which had helped them win the First World War. Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571221967
- ISBN
- 9780571221967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.55
€ 19.99
€ 14.55
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848842717
- ISBN
- 9781848842717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.08
€ 42.99
€ 35.08
paperback. The thrilling untold story of Churchill's private army. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 page b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848668553
- ISBN
- 9781848668553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. A bracing narrative of wartime India and the tremendous famine that resulted when Churchill sacrificed the lives of four million Bengalis to win World War II Num Pages: 368 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBWQ; JPHL. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470. The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II. 368 pages, maps. A bracing narrative of wartime India and the tremendous famine that resulted when Churchill sacrificed the lives of four million Bengalis to win World War II. Cateogry: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBWQ; JPHL. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 25. Weight: 478.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465024810
- ISBN
- 9780465024810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.59
€ 30.99
€ 20.59
Paperback. John Keegan has assembled a cast of seventeen generals whose reputations were made (and some of them broken) by Churchill and the Second World War. Editor(s): Keegan, John. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304367122
- ISBN
- 9780304367122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Hardcover. This text explores Churchill's predilection for direct diplomatic action, from his first tentative involvement in diplomacy in 1908 until his retirement as Prime Minister in 1955. Based on a scrutiny of official documents and private archives, its principal focus is the period 1945 to 1955. Num Pages: 384 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1194.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300094381
- ISBN
- 9780300094381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.52€ 40.00
€ 50.52
€ 40.00
Paperback. An exploration of one of the important sites in British history, Churchill's bunker. Drawing on a range of material, including first-hand accounts of the people who lived there, it reveals how and why the bunker and its war machine developed; how the inhabitants' lives were transformed; and, how their work led to victory over Nazis. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 page mono plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846682315
- ISBN
- 9781846682315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.72
€ 15.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. The official biography of Churchill's closest bodyguard during the Second World War, based on his complete memoir Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBWQ; KNSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755314492
- ISBN
- 9780755314492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.84
€ 15.99
€ 11.84
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781510717022
- ISBN
- 9781510717022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.92
€ 29.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. On 12 June 1944, under brilliant sunshine and surrounded by a mass of shipping, Winston Churchill visited the small Normandy beach-head guided in a jeep by Montgomery and offshore by Admiral Vian in his personal launch. This book follows the great man's progress on that day. It contains many photographs. Translator(s): Fondart, Aude; Jordan, William. Series: Militery. Num Pages: 32 pages, 38 b/w , 4 colour images, 1 map;. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 173 x 5. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841652740
- ISBN
- 9781841652740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.06
€ 8.99
€ 8.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 32 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750962254
- ISBN
- 9780750962254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.91
€ 33.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143125990
- ISBN
- 9780143125990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 16.83
€ 30.99
€ 16.83
Paperback. A fascinating and revealing exploration of Sir Winston Churchill's relationship with Israel, Jews and Jewishness, by his official biographer and one of the foremost historians of Judaism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pp b-w. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781416522577
- ISBN
- 9781416522577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Examines why Franco's regime was alone among Europe's 'Big Three' Fascist dictatorships in being able to survive beyond the end of the Second World War, and to what extent Churchill's wartime policies enabled Franco to remain in control of Spain. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSE; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Rev. Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192839
- ISBN
- 9781845192839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.07
€ 33.99
€ 30.07
Paperback. A meticulously researched account of the defence of Malta and its role, importance and contribution to the Allied effort during WW2. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1DSM; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445653280
- ISBN
- 9781445653280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.61
€ 23.61
Hardcover. The full story of Winston Churchill's lifelong engagement with Ireland and the Irish, now told for the first time. A long overdue book which at last addresses the most neglected part of Churchill's legacy on both sides of the Irish Sea. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 black & white halftones; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198755210
- ISBN
- 9780198755210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.39
€ 16.99
€ 13.39
Hardcover. Presents an account of institutional transformation under extreme stress that balances Churchill's self-serving memoirs. This work demonstrates that what political leaders demand from their armies is less important than what those armies are designed to do - and that this oft-recurring disconnect lies at the root of wartime civil-military tension. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615124
- ISBN
- 9780700615124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.59
€ 74.59