Cinco días en Londres, mayo de 1940

Alternate Titles

• 5 días en Londres, mayo de 1940

Description

The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940 altered the course of the history of this century, as the members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. The decisive importance of these five days is the focus of John Lukacs's magisterial new book. Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical unfolding of events at 10 Downing Street, where Churchill and the members of his cabinet were painfully considering their war responsibilities. We see how the military disasters taking place on the Continent—particularly the plight of the nearly 400,000 British soldiers bottled up in Dunkirk—affected Churchill's fragile political situation, for he had been prime minister only a fortnight and was regarded as impetuous and hotheaded even by many of his own party. Lukacs also investigates the mood of the British people, drawing on newspaper and Mass-Observation reports that show how the citizenry, though only partly informed about the dangers that faced them, nevertheless began to support Churchill's determination to stand fast.

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Series Statement

• Colección Noema -- 1

Other Editions

• Cinco días en Londres, mayo de 1940: Churchill solo frente a HitlerTurner2001-01-01
• Five days in London, May 1940Yale University Press1999-01-01
• Five days in London, May 1940Yale Nota Bene2001-01-01
• Five Days in London, May 1940Yale University Press2024-01-01