Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941

From statesmen and military commanders to ordinary Britons, a bold, sweeping history of Britain's entrance into World War II—and its efforts to survive it—illuminating the ways in which the war permanently transformed a nation and its people

“Might be the single best examination of British politics, society and strategy in these four years that has ever been written.” —The Wall Street Journal


Here is the many-faceted, world-historically significant story of Britain at war. In looking closely...