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Five Days in London May 1940
Five Days in London May 1940
Author: John Lukacs
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.
ISBN-13: 9780300080308
ISBN-10: 0300080301
Publication Date: 9/10/1999
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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amichai avatar reviewed Five Days in London May 1940 on + 368 more book reviews
Excellent, well-researched perspective drawing on multiple sources, including contemporary writers' personal experiences and the Mass Observation project data (a kind of opinion survey of the time in England).

I found Lukacs stuck well to the scope of his project and I appreciated his breadth and depth of knowledge of his subject. Far from his age at writing being a "negative", for me it added to the book's value.

I am now interested in reading a later book Lukacs wrote called Democracy and Populism, since we live in a time rife with demagoguery.
buzzby avatar reviewed Five Days in London May 1940 on + 6062 more book reviews
Way too many footnotes, very irritating. Author was 75 years old when he wrote this book, and it shows. He meanders a lot. His main premise is that the crucial point in WW2 was these 5 days, when the UK supposedly considered entering into talks with Hitler. Even his writing doesn't convince me that it was a crucial decision.


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