CHURCHILL, Winston S.

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Step by Step 1936-1939. First edition, handsomely bound, of this powerful collection of Churchill's articles against appeasement, here published just before the outbreak of the Second World War. It is a major book which "belongs on the shelf of every Churchill reader" (Langworth, p. 198).Churchill's articles were syndicated throughout Europe from 1936 to 1939. His attack on appeasement and calls for Britain to prepare for conflict ran counter to the near-unanimous support for appeasement and peace among the British establishment and led to his exclusion from high office throughout these years. He was vindicated by the German invasion of Poland, and his committed stance earned him the enduring respect of allied opinion as he took on the mantle of Britain's wartime leader.

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