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[Music Head]

Not my cover as mine is a hardback 1950 edition. This is volume three of a six volume set. Covers 1941 when England was still pretty much going it alone against Italy and Germany. Churchill was a man I greatly admire, and the output of his memoirs I will sadly never complete. These WWII books are just a fraction. A lot of this is memos back and forth between him and field commanders, cabinet members and heads of state. Those are interesting but not as much as when he is just letting the pen flow with his feelings and opinions. They had already been at it for over a year when this volume begins and it really gets interesting once Russia is invaded. Britian finally has an allie with skin in the game. This period is covered quite extensively. Japan is busy with its problems with China up until almost the end of the book, when of course Pearl Harbor is attacked. The last portion deals with Churchills lengthy visit to the states after the bombing, where he and Roosevelt lay out their plans to end the madness, thus the title.

Grade - B

Next up - The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald