THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Copyright © 2009 by Max Hastings
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf,
a division of Random House, Inc., New York
www.aaknopf.com
Originally published in Great Britain as Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord, 1940–45
by HarperPress, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, London, in 2009.
Knopf, Borzoi Books and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hastings, Max.
Winston’s war: Churchill, 1940–1945 / Max Hastings.—1st American ed.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-59312-2
“Originally published in Great Britain by HarperPress, an imprint of
“This is a Borzoi book”—T.p. verso.
1. Churchill, Winston, 1874–1965—Military leadership.
2. World War, 1939–1945—Great Britain.
3. Great Britain—Politics and government—1936–1945.
4. Great Britain—History, Military—20th century. I. Title.
DA566.9.C5H274 2009
940.53′41092—dc22
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