Must reading for any World War II scholar or buff.- Virginia Quarterly ReviewĮminent historian Lukacs delivers the crown jewel to his long and distinguished career with this account of five days-May 24-28, 1940-that could have changed the world.- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Lukacs has a storyteller’s gift and writes beautifully on a subject that might by lesser historians be taken for granted. Lukacs’s scholarship re-creates with great immediacy the chaotic few days during which, according to the author, Hitler came closest to winning the war.- New Yorker fascinating work of historical reconstruction.… gives us much to ponder in this intriguing-and perhaps still controversial-story.-Stanley Weintraub, Wall Street Journalīetween May 24 and May 28 (1940), history itself was in the balance, and Lukacs reconstructs these days with the immediacy and detail of a thripller, using a wide range of government and private papers. “Superb…can be compared to such classics as Hugh Trevor-Roper’s The Last Days of Hitler and Barbara Tuchman’s The Guns of August.”- Harper’s Magazine Read moreĪ gripping historical drama.… Lukacs’s story is not new, … but has transformed it into a memorable drama. “A must for every World War II buff.”- Cleveland Plain Dealer “Eminent historian Lukacs delivers the crown jewel to his long and distinguished career.”- Publishers Weekly (starred review) “ fascinating work of historical reconstruction.”- The Wall Street Journal This compelling narrative, a Washington Post bestseller, is the first to convey the drama and world-changing importance of those days. With the unfolding of the disaster at Dunkirk, and Churchill being in office for just two weeks and treated with derision by many, he did not have an easy time making his case-but the people of Britain were increasingly on his side, and he would prevail.
In this magisterial work, John Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical events at 10 Downing Street, where Winston Churchill and his cabinet painfully considered their responsibilities. A “gripping splendidly readable” portrait of the battle within the British War Cabinet-and Churchill’s eventual victory-as Hitler’s shadow loomed ( The Boston Globe).įrom May 24 to May 28, 1940, members of Britain’s War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue what became known as the Second World War.
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