Skip to content
Scan a barcode
Scan
Added to your cart
Hardcover Never Surrender: Winston Churchill and Britain's Decision to Fight Nazi Germany in the Fateful Summer of 1940 Book

ISBN: 147672797X

ISBN13: 9781476727974

Never Surrender: Winston Churchill and Britain's Decision to Fight Nazi Germany in the Fateful Summer of 1940

Select Format

Select Condition ThriftBooks Help Icon

Recommended

Format: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

$6.29
Save $23.71!
List Price $30.00
Almost Gone, Only 3 Left!

You Might Also Enjoy

Saving Stalin: Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and the Cost of Allied Victory in Europe
Saving Stalin: Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and the Cost of Allied Victory in Europe
John Kelly

from: $6.79

The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (P.S.)
The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (P.S.)
John Kelly

from: $9.39

The Graves Are Walking
The Graves Are Walking
John Kelly

from: $9.79

Plagues and Peoples
Plagues and Peoples
William H. McNeill

from: $6.09

The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery
The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery
Wendy Moore

from: $5.69

The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History
The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History
Molly Caldwell Crosby

from: $7.89

In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made
In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made
Norman F. Cantor

from: $4.39

Mao: The Unknown Story
Mao: The Unknown Story
Jung Chang, Jon Halliday

from: $5.29

The Nightmare Years: 1930-1940
The Nightmare Years: 1930-1940
William L. Shirer

from: $6.89

Dresden
Dresden
Frederick Taylor

from: $6.39

Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire
Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire
Richard B. Frank

from: $7.29

When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys
When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys
Thomas Maier

from: $5.29

The Collapse of the Third Republic: An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940
The Collapse of the Third Republic: An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940
William L. Shirer

from: $6.19

The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, 1858-1919
The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, 1858-1919
Douglas Brinkley

from: $5.59

Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World'sMost Notorious Nazi
Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World'sMost Notorious Nazi
Neal Bascomb

from: $3.99

To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World (P.S.)
To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World (P.S.)
Arthur Herman

from: $4.89

The Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers
David McCullough

from: $4.89

The Fringes of Power: 10 Downing Street Diaries, 1939 - 1955
The Fringes of Power: 10 Downing Street Diaries, 1939 - 1955
John Colville

from: $5.69

All Hell Let Loose
All Hell Let Loose
Max Hastings

from: $6.69

The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898
The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898
Evan Thomas

from: $4.39

Book Overview

A remarkably vivid account of a key moment in Western history: The critical six months in 1940 when Winston Churchill debated whether the British would fight Hitler. London in April, 1940, was a place of great fear and conflict. Everyone was on edge; civilization itself seemed imperiled. The Germans are marching. They have taken Poland, France, Holland, Belgium, and Czechoslovakia. They now menace Britain. Should Britain negotiate with Germany? The members of the War Cabinet bicker, yell, lose their control, and are divided. Churchill, leading the faction to fight, and Lord Halifax, cautioning that prudence is the way to survive, attempt to usurp one another by any means possible. Their country is on the line. And, in Never Surrender , we feel we are alongside these complex and imperfect men, determining the fate of the British Empire. Drawing on the War Cabinet papers, other government documents, private diaries, newspaper accounts, and memoirs, historian John Kelly tells the story of the summer of 1940--the months of the "Supreme Question" of whether or not the British were to surrender. Impressive in scope and attentive to detail, Kelly takes readers from the battlefield to Parliament, to the government ministries, to the British high command, to the desperate Anglo-French conference in Paris and London, to the American embassy in London, and to life with the ordinary Britons. He brings to life one of the most heroic moments of the twentieth century and intimately portrays some of its largest players--Churchill, Lord Halifax, FDR, Joe Kennedy, Hitler, Stalin, and others. Never Surrender is a fabulous, grand narrative of a crucial period in World War II history and the men and women who shaped it.

Related Subjects

History

Customer Reviews

1 customer rating | 0 review
There are currently no reviews. Be the first to review this work.
Copyright © 2025 Thriftbooks.com Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
GoDaddy Verified and Secured