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Item Details
Title:
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DUNKIRK
FROM DISASTER TO DELIVERANCE - TESTIMONIES OF THE LAST SURVIVORS |
By: |
Sinclair McKay |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£8.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1781313849 |
ISBN 13: |
9781781313848 |
Publisher: |
AURUM PRESS |
Pub. date: |
18 September, 2014 |
Pages: |
352 |
Description: |
The `absurd epic' of Dunkirk - told here through fresh interviews with veterans, plus unseen letters and archival material - is the story of how an old-fashioned island was brutally forced into the modernity of World War Two. |
Synopsis: |
From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Secret Life of Bletchley ParkWhen Churchill made one of the most inspiring speeches of the 20th century - 'we will fight them on the beaches' - he was giving thanks for the miracle of deliverance, the harrowing and breathless evacuation of over 338,000 troops from the beaches and harbour at Dunkirk.Churchill was determined it shouldn't be labelled a victory. He was already too late. Hours later, broadcaster JB Priestley was to call it `an absurd English epic'. Those days of Dunkirk are still invoked now whenever the nation finds itself in any kind of crisis. But there is a wider story too that involves a very large number of civilians - from nurses to racing enthusiasts, trades union leaders to dance hall managers, novelists to seaside cafe owners.And even wider yet, a story that starts in September 1939: of young civilian men being trained for a war that was already 25 years out of date; and the increasing suspense - and occasional surrealism - of the Phoney War. The `absurd epic' of Dunkirk - told here through fresh interviews with veterans, plus unseen letters and archival material - is the story of how an old-fashioned island was brutally forced into the modernity of World War Two. |
Illustrations: |
8 Plates, black and white |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Aurum Press |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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