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1942: Britain at the Brink Taylor Downing

1942: Britain at the Brink By Taylor Downing

1942: Britain at the Brink by Taylor Downing


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Summary

A gripping new work of popular history about a critical year in world history, and Britain's bleakest hour, by the acclaimed author of 1983: The World at the Brink.

1942: Britain at the Brink Summary

1942: Britain at the Brink by Taylor Downing

'Taylor Downing is a wonderful historian and a wonderful history communicator' Dan Snow, History Hit

'Vividly brings to life a terrible year' Max Hastings, Sunday Times

'Sheds intriguing light on just how close Churchill was to losing his grip on power' Publishers Weekly

In 1942, Britain stood at the brink of defeat. From the collapse in Malaya and the biggest surrender in British history at Singapore to the passing of three large German warships through the Straits of Dover in broad daylight and the longest ever retreat through Burma to the gates of India, a string of military disasters engulfed Britain in rapid succession. People began to claim that Churchill was not up to the job and his leadership was failing badly. Public morale reached a new low.

In 1942: Britain at the Brink, Taylor Downing charts the frustration and despair that characterised this year. Most people think that Britain's worst moment of the war was in 1940 when the nation stood up against the threat of German invasion. Here, Downing describes in nail-biting detail what was really Britain's darkest hour.

1942: Britain at the Brink Reviews

Taylor Downing vividly brings to life a terrible year -- Max Hastings * Sunday Times *
Taylor Downing is a wonderful historian and a wonderful history communicator. -- Dan Snow * History Hit *
A revealing study... Downing sheds intriguing light on just how close Churchill was to losing his grip on power * Publishers Weekly *

About Taylor Downing

Taylor Downing is a writer, historian and award-winning television producer. He read History at Cambridge University and worked at the Imperial War Museum and Thames Television before going on to become managing director and head of history at Flashback Television, a leading independent production company. His books include the bestselling Cold War (with Jeremy Isaacs), 1983, Breakdown, Secret Warriors, Night Raid, The World at War, Olympia, Spies in the Sky and Churchill's War Lab.

Additional information

GOR013037392
9780349144528
0349144524
1942: Britain at the Brink by Taylor Downing
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
2023-01-19
432
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