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Washington Post Book World Bestseller Customers are raving about Five Days in London .Amazon.com Gripping. . . . Lukacss story is not new. . . but [he] has transformed it into a memorable drama.M. F. Perutz, New York Review of Books The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940, altered the course of the history of the twentieth century, as the members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue what became known as the Second World War. The decisive importance of these five days is the focus of John Lukacss magisterial new book. Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical unfolding of events at 10 Downing Street, where Churchill and the members of his cabinet were painfully considering their war responsibilities. We see how the military disasters taking place on the Continentparticularly the plight of the nearly 400,000 British soldiers bottled up in Dunkirkaffected Churchills fragile political situation, for he had been prime minister only a fortnight and was regarded as impetuous and hotheaded even by many of his own party. Lukacs also investigates the mood of the British people, drawing on newspaper and Mass-Observation reports that show how the

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Author

John Lukacs

Publisher

New Haven ; London: Yale Nota Bene

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300084665

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, Humanities

Rating

3.73 / 5 (627 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14