PERFECT READER!!!!

An absolute unique performance; in an unusual approach to producing an audiobook, this recording have the history and the book, by Winston Churchill, rendered in a true, real-life voice approach by performer Christian Rodska. What could easily have turned into a farce, the marvelous performance by reader Rodska, not only saves the book, but brings the life and times of Winston Churchill so instantly into his own entire story of WW1. The book is a masterpiece of valuable first-hand insight by Churchill. The reading is a unique reenactment of Churchill himself in the given time-period of the history.

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Another masterful work

Another masterful account of the unfolding of the events of the final two years of WW1 from Churchill’s perspective as part of the government of the time. Full of detail of the thoughts, fears, disagreements and actions of the main government and military leaders of all nations, drawn from his personal interactions, forms fascinating insight into how the war unfolded. Again, wonderfully narrated by Christian Rodska.

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Great book covering the final 3 years of the war.

Enjoyed this book immensely, following all the major events which either had a hand in.

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Excellent finish

Listened to all three books in this series and was riveted throughout. Brilliant. Well rotten and well read.

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Winston at his best

Engaging memoirs, packed with a healthy dose of impressive self judgement. At its best when Winston speculates on how he could have won the war .... For both the allies and the hun.

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good narrative little detail

loved the sweep of the story and the narration but would have liked more specific details such as Churchill well presented in his second world war book

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History at it's best.

A history of the first world war by someone who was there. As you listen to it, you think about all the people who died in it. You realise just how bad it was. The words of Winston Churchill take you back to that time and tells what happen. Some of the best history I have every listen to. Christian Rodska is great he is just right for the voice of Winston Churchill great work.

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a futile struggle for world supremacy

fifty months of unprecedented human slaughter
the start of more to come in the 20th century as
said Churchill was born to counter balance and seeing through the thrones of evil all be it through the fatality of war that we still can't brake away from even in 21st century.

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Incredibly moving… and shocking

Churchill starts by railing again the strategy of the army generals on the battlefields of France and Belgium (to fight a war of attrition in which they assume that Germany will run out of live people before the allies). He follows that with some detailed descriptions of events and tactics of battles at both sea and land in which he played a role or was present. Finally, he melts the hearts of readers by tingeing his enormous relief at the war ending with concerns that it might be followed soon by a further conflagration in Europe (he was writing around 1920). How right he was to worry thus.
After listening to all three audiobooks of the World Crisis, any doubts I may have had that Churchill was a great man are dispelled. But my main emotions are despair and disbelief that so many millions of people could have been sent to their (horrible) deaths by the leaders of their countries. Even though it was necessary to defend ourselves against the senseless, murderous aggression of Germany and its axis of collaborating countries, Churchill was in no doubt that we could have lost less people in doing so. Even Germany’s leaders were expecting to be suing for peace in late 1914 after initial, severe reversals. They did not expect to still be killing people by the tens or hundreds of thousands four years later. We must never forget that World War 1 killed 15-22 million people (and wounded about the same again). Books like this help us do that.

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Truly excellent narration

A thrilling book elevated to greatness by a marvellous performance from the narrator.

Make sure you’ve listened to the previous two parts first.

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