The Gathering Storm (Second World War)
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
0553113092
Pages no: 718
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
War,
Military,
Politics,
World War II,
Military History
Series: The Second World War -6 (#1)
bookshelves: currently-reading, spring-2015, film-only, published-1948, under-100-ratings, long-weekend, nobel-laureate, history, epic-proportions, autobiography-memoir, military-manoeuvres, politics Recommended for: Laura, Wanda et al Read from March 06 to 28, 2015 Description: The story of Br...
I don't know how to rate the parts I've read. As a personal account, they seem surprisingly transparent and direct. So I'd be lowballing Winny's politics, not his writing. Winny is a cherubic little blame deflector, blaming the Yanks for making him squeeze the Weimar Republic, blaming democracy, and...
My favourite moment in any James Bond film occurs near the end of Octopussy. Roger Moore has figured out that the tactical nuclear weapon is hidden at the circus and is about to go off, killing hundreds of thousands of people. The event might also trigger World War III. He has a few minutes to act. ...