The Duel: The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler

John Lukacs

Yale University Press, Mar 11, 2001 - History - 272 pages

This is a day-by-day account of the eighty-day struggle in 1940 between Hitler—poised on the edge of absolute victory—and Churchill—threatened by imminent invasion and defeat.

“A masterful book—masterful in its portrayal of its protagonists, masterful in its overall understanding of the death-struggle in which they engaged, masterful, above all, in its vivid, suspenseful chronicling of the most momentous eighty days in the history of this century.”—Geoffrey Ward

“This is a marvelous book. John Lukacs has lucid, unsentimental insight into the mind and character of both Churchill and Hitler.”—Conor Cruise O’Brien

“A wonderful story wonderfully told.”—George F. Will

“It is salutary to be reminded in this powerful study how close Hitler came to winning in 1940. . . . An impressive study . . . [written] with elegance and panache.”—Peter Stansky, New York Times

“A master of narrative history on a par with Barbara Tuchman and Garrett Mattingly.”—Kirkus Reviews

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User Review  - Eddy Allen - Goodreads

This is a day-by-day account of the eighty-day struggle in 1940 between Hitler -- poised on the edge of absolute victory -- and Churchill -- threatened by imminent invasion and defeat.

Review: The Duel: The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler

User Review  - Khalid - Goodreads

The Duel is set out in a point-counterpoint fashion. It alternates between examining the war from the German and then British viewpoint. The critical events of the 80 days covered by Lukacs seem to be ...

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Bibliographic information

• Title: The Duel: The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler
• Author: John Lukacs
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Yale University Press, 2001
• ISBN: 0300089163, 9780300089165
• Length: 272 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Military; History / Military / World War II; History / Modern / 20th Century