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Winston S. Churchill: The History of the Second World War, Volume 1 - The Gathering Storm
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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Summary
In the Second World War, every bond between man and man was to perish. Crimes were committed by the Hitler regime that find no equal in scale and wickedness with any that have darkened the human record.
It was a simple policy to keep Germany disarmed after the struggle of the First World War and the Victors adequately armed in vigilance. But errors were soon made. The tragedy of America’s failure to enter the League of Nations; the weakness and lack of resolution of the democracies to confront the growing strength, reach, and ambition of the fascist dictators in Germany, Italy, and Japan; the economic turmoil that allowed these events to spark and build.
In this first volume it is all too easy to see and understand how this immense tragedy could have been avoided, how the malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous. We shall hear how the counsels of prudence and restraint became the prime agents of mortal danger in this Gathering Storm. The overview is read by Winston S Churchill, MP, and the volume narrated by Michael Jayston.
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- N. Richards
- 25-03-24
excellent
brilliant telling of the build up to war through the eyes of Churchill. I lived the narration,it really bright it to life.
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- John McGee
- 26-12-22
A magnificent prelude to war written by Churchill
The Gathering Storm is a fast paced history of the events from the rise of Adolf Hitler to the beginning of World War Two and Churchill's appointment as Prime Minister as biographed by Churchill himself. The narration in Churchill's own droll style sets a terrific tone to the book and Churchill eloquently leads the reader through the momentous events of the Twenties and Thirties in Europe as the war drums again began to bang.
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- john
- 10-06-12
Missing something.
It is because I have read the book twice already that I felt it missed the personal connection which the book had.
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- J
- 07-01-19
Terrible Audio Echo
Sound quality is atrocious and has extremely annoying echo; Music makes this unlistenable. So disappointed in this purchase.
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