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Easton Press leather edition of Winston Churchill's "The Hinge of Fate," a COLLECTOR'S edition, Illustrated with Maps, published in 1989. Bound in deep hunter green leather, the book has camel tan French moire silk end leaves, satin book marker, Symth-sewn binding, printed on archival, acid-free paper, hubbed spine, gold gilding on three edges---in near FINE condition. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, who lived from 1874--1965, was the eldest son of Lord Randolph Churchill, the seventh duke of Marlborough. Churchill served in the army in 1895 in Cuba, India, Tirah and Egypt. He was undersecretary for the colonies, 1906-08, first lord of the Admiralty, 1911-1915; secretary of war, 1918-21; and chancellor of the exchequer 1924-29; and prime minister, 1940-45 and 1951-55. "I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin," declared Winston Churchill in June 1940. "Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. . . .Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. . . Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say, 'This was their finest hour.' Churchill wrote: "The new year of the Second World War, 1942, opened upon us in an entirely different shape for Britain. We were no longer alone. At our side stood two mighty Allies. Russia and the United States were engaged to fight to the death in the closet concert with the British Empire." In the Preface, Churchill wrote: "In 1942, President FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT and I, supported by our Chief Military and Naval Advisers, proclaimed THE GRAND ALLIANCE, and prescribed the main strategy for the future conduct of the war. We had now to face the onslaught of Japan." The Japanese had overrun the whole of Malays except Jahore. Pride and patriotism are evident in Churchill's dramatic account. Having learned a lesson at Munich that they would never forget, the British refused to make peace with Adolph Hitler, defying him even after France had fallen and after it seemed as though the Nazis were unstoppable. Churchill remained unbowed throughout, as did the people of Britain. Strategies were developed to respond to Hitler's ruthless conquest of Europe, his planned invasion of England, and his treacherous assault on Russia. Germany, Italy and Japan continued pressing forward with their terrible onslaught. The Grand Alliance eventually overwhelmed the Red Army and Rommel in the war in the desert and Singapore which fell to Japan. Victories at Midway and Guadalcanal boosted confidence. A few of the Chapter titles include: "Australian Anxieties," "The Setback in the Desert," "Penalties in Malaya," "A Vote of Confidence," "Cabinet Changes," "The Fall of Singapore," "The U-Boat Paradise," "The Loss of the Dutch East Indies," "The invasion of Burma," "Ceylon and the Bay of Bengal," "The Shipping Stranglehold," "India---the Cripps Mission," "My Journey to Cairo," "The Molotow Visit," "American Naval Victories: The Coral Sea and Midway Island," "Malta and the Desert," "Moscow: A Relationship Established," "The Casablanca Conference," "Russia and the Western Allies," "Victory in Tunis," "My Third Visit to Washington," "Italy the Goal," "Problems of War and Peace." Some of the personalities of the period included: Clement Attlee, General Auschinleck, Harold Alexander, Rommel, Lord Beaverbrook, Alan Brooke, Alexander Cadogan, Winston Churchill, Mark Clark, Admiral Darlan, Charles De Gaulle, Dwight Eisenhower, Antony Eden, George VI, General Giaud, Adolph Hitler, Harry Hopkins, Hastings Ismay, Ernest King, Lord Frederick Leathers, General George Marshall, General Bernard Montgomery, Vyacheslav Molotov, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Benito Mussolini, General Percival, General George S. Patton, Admiral Pound, Joseph Stalin, General Joseph Stilwell, Marshall Wavell, Admiral Yomamoto, and General Weygand. "Hinge of Fate" is the fourth Churchill book about World War 2. Churchill said he named this volume such because in it we turn from almost uninterrupted disaster to almost unbroken success. For the first six months of this story all went ill; for the last six months everything went well. And this agreeable change continued to the end of the struggle." Winston Churchill was awarded the NOBEL PRIZE in 1953----and this work was one that was cited! 1000 pages, including Appendix, and an index. I offer combine d shipping.