The Resource Alone : Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk : defeat into victory, Michael Korda
Alone : Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk : defeat into victory, Michael Korda
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- Summary
- "Combining epic history with rich family stories, Michael Korda chronicles the outbreak of World War II and the great events that led to Dunkirk. In an absorbing work peopled with world leaders, generals, and ordinary citizens who fought on both sides of World War II, [this book] brings to resounding life perhaps the most critical year of twentieth-century history. For, indeed, May 1940 was a month like no other, as the German war machine blazed into France while the supposedly impregnable Maginot Line crumbled, and Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister in an astonishing political drama as Britain, isolated and alone, faced a triumphant Nazi Germany. Against this vast historical canvas, Michael Korda relates what happened and why, and also tells his own story, that of a six-year-old boy in a glamorous movie family who would himself be evacuated."--David McCullough
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 525 pages
- Contents
-
- Prologue : "The past is a foreign country"
- Part one. The Second Great War. To the brink
- The failure of diplomacy
- "Speak for England!"
- The phoney war
- Operation Pied Piper
- Case Yellow
- "Gad, gentlemen, here's to our greatest victory of the war"
- Hitler "missed the bus"
- "In the name of God, go"
- Part two. The Battle of France. "The top of the greasy pole"
- Rommel crosses the Meuse
- "We are beaten; we have lost the battle"
- "The mortal gravity of the hour"
- May 20, 1940 : "a pretty fair pig of a day"
- "The fatal slope"
- "Hard and heavy tidings"
- The sharp end of the stick
- The Battle of Arras : "we may be foutu"
- "Their zest and delight in shooting Germans was most entertaining"
- Part three. Dunkirk. The burghers of Calais
- "Fight it out to the bitter end"
- Flag officer, Dover
- The home front
- "Presume troops know they are cutting their way home to Blighty"
- Dynamo
- "Fight it out, here or elsewhere"
- Holding the line
- "The little ships"
- "The best mug of tea I have ever had in my life"
- "Arm in arm"
- "We are going to beat them"
- The Dunkirk spirit
- At sea
- Isbn
- 9781631491320
- Label
- Alone : Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk : defeat into victory
- Title
- Alone
- Title remainder
- Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk : defeat into victory
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Korda
- Title variation
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- Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk
- Alone
- Title variation remainder
- defeat into victory
- Subject
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- Autobiographies
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts -- World War II -- European Theater
- Korda, Michael, 1933- -- Childhood and youth
- trueKorda, Michael, 1933- -- Childhood and youth
- trueMorale
- trueWar and society
- trueWorld War II -- France
- trueWorld War II -- Great Britain
- trueWorld War II -- Personal narratives, British
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France | Dunkerque
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France | Dunkerque
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, English
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, English
- Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- trueDunkirk, France, Battle of, 1940
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Combining epic history with rich family stories, Michael Korda chronicles the outbreak of World War II and the great events that led to Dunkirk. In an absorbing work peopled with world leaders, generals, and ordinary citizens who fought on both sides of World War II, [this book] brings to resounding life perhaps the most critical year of twentieth-century history. For, indeed, May 1940 was a month like no other, as the German war machine blazed into France while the supposedly impregnable Maginot Line crumbled, and Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister in an astonishing political drama as Britain, isolated and alone, faced a triumphant Nazi Germany. Against this vast historical canvas, Michael Korda relates what happened and why, and also tells his own story, that of a six-year-old boy in a glamorous movie family who would himself be evacuated."--David McCullough
- Summary
- Author and former editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster Michael Korda was born in England in 1933; his family went to the US in 1941 for the duration of World War II. In Alone, Korda weaves his childhood memories of Britain with a thoroughly researched history of the early months of the war up through the 1940 evacuation from Dunkirk. This detailed history presents an engaging review of military tactics and international politics, illuminated by Korda's personal recollections. -- Description by Katherine Bradley Johnson
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
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- 10574529
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1933-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Korda, Michael
- Dewey number
-
- 940.54/21428
- 940.5421
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D756.5.D8
- LC item number
- K67 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Korda, Michael
- Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Target audience
- adult
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- Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk : defeat into victory
- Label
- Alone : Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk : defeat into victory, Michael Korda
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-489) and index
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- Contents
- Prologue : "The past is a foreign country" -- Part one. The Second Great War. To the brink -- The failure of diplomacy -- "Speak for England!" -- The phoney war -- Operation Pied Piper -- Case Yellow -- "Gad, gentlemen, here's to our greatest victory of the war" -- Hitler "missed the bus" -- "In the name of God, go" -- Part two. The Battle of France. "The top of the greasy pole" -- Rommel crosses the Meuse -- "We are beaten; we have lost the battle" -- "The mortal gravity of the hour" -- May 20, 1940 : "a pretty fair pig of a day" -- "The fatal slope" -- "Hard and heavy tidings" -- The sharp end of the stick -- The Battle of Arras : "we may be foutu" -- "Their zest and delight in shooting Germans was most entertaining" -- Part three. Dunkirk. The burghers of Calais -- "Fight it out to the bitter end" -- Flag officer, Dover -- The home front -- "Presume troops know they are cutting their way home to Blighty" -- Dynamo -- "Fight it out, here or elsewhere" -- Holding the line -- "The little ships" -- "The best mug of tea I have ever had in my life" -- "Arm in arm" -- "We are going to beat them" -- The Dunkirk spirit -- At sea
- Control code
- 21106330
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 525 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631491320
- Lccn
- 2017017244
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 40027486028
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)982465233
- Label
- Alone : Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk : defeat into victory, Michael Korda
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-489) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
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- rdacarrier
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- Contents
- Prologue : "The past is a foreign country" -- Part one. The Second Great War. To the brink -- The failure of diplomacy -- "Speak for England!" -- The phoney war -- Operation Pied Piper -- Case Yellow -- "Gad, gentlemen, here's to our greatest victory of the war" -- Hitler "missed the bus" -- "In the name of God, go" -- Part two. The Battle of France. "The top of the greasy pole" -- Rommel crosses the Meuse -- "We are beaten; we have lost the battle" -- "The mortal gravity of the hour" -- May 20, 1940 : "a pretty fair pig of a day" -- "The fatal slope" -- "Hard and heavy tidings" -- The sharp end of the stick -- The Battle of Arras : "we may be foutu" -- "Their zest and delight in shooting Germans was most entertaining" -- Part three. Dunkirk. The burghers of Calais -- "Fight it out to the bitter end" -- Flag officer, Dover -- The home front -- "Presume troops know they are cutting their way home to Blighty" -- Dynamo -- "Fight it out, here or elsewhere" -- Holding the line -- "The little ships" -- "The best mug of tea I have ever had in my life" -- "Arm in arm" -- "We are going to beat them" -- The Dunkirk spirit -- At sea
- Control code
- 21106330
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 525 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631491320
- Lccn
- 2017017244
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 40027486028
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)982465233
Subject
- Autobiographies
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts -- World War II -- European Theater
- Korda, Michael, 1933- -- Childhood and youth
- trueKorda, Michael, 1933- -- Childhood and youth
- trueMorale
- trueWar and society
- trueWorld War II -- France
- trueWorld War II -- Great Britain
- trueWorld War II -- Personal narratives, British
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France | Dunkerque
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, English
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, English
- Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- trueDunkirk, France, Battle of, 1940
Genre
- truePersonal narratives, English
- Autobiographies
- trueHistory writing
- truePersonal narratives, British
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