Triumph in adversity NEW in the history book series from Focal Point Publications is the second volume of " Churchill's War: Triumph in Adversity" (£25) by David Irving. The book has 1,200 pages, including 40 pages of colour plates. The fruit of 27 years' original research in British and foreign archives, it chronicles many interesting facts. These include the quantities of alcohol imbibed at Chequers, how Mountbatten deceived Churchill over the catastrophe of Dieppe, how the Americans deceived the British over the losses at Pearl Harbor and why Washington refused to show the British their dealings with Japan in the weeks beforehand. Related files on this website: |