The Few: Summer 1940, The Battle of Britain [Paperback]

Philip Kaplan (Author), Richard Collier (Author), Peter Townsend (Introduction)

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Publication Date: June 30, 2001

"The best sort of popular military history"--Times Literary Supplement. Sixty years ago, in England's summer skies, history's greatest air battle raged. In a decisive moment, those whom Churchill so famously addressed as "the few" thwarted Hitler's planned invasion. Over 160 graphic images and riveting testimony by Allied and Luftwaffe pilots, ground crew, and civilians paint a panoramic portrait of this confrontation. Pictures of wartime locations as they were then and are now, plus vintage photos from scrapbooks and diary excerpts, provide a uniquely personal perspective.

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Highly praised and fast-moving narrative of history in the making * Launch title in the new military history paperback collection * Published to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the outbreak of World War II S Philip Kaplan is the co-author of The Few and an award winning art director and designer. He currently lives in Cheltenahm, Glos. Jack Currie was one of Britian's leading aviation writers. During WWII, he flew Lancaster bombers and DeHavilland Mosquitos. He died in 1996.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Seven Dials; Paperback edition (June 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841880620
• ISBN-13: 978-1841880624
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 9.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,861,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars well written, artfully presented, March 28, 2001

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This review is from: The Few: Summer 1940, The Battle of Britain (Paperback)

Originally published in hardback as "Their Finest Hour", now bearing its original UK title. Not a formal history as such, but an effort to convey the flow and feel of the times. R. Collier has written a number of good WWII history books and this too is very well written. P. Kaplan has been the artistic mind behind a series of books of this type and format (see note). The book includes many photographs both from 1940 and as the sites, people and artifacts appeared when the book was first published (1988+/-), Sidebars have bits of poetry, songs, and passages from memoirs. (Note: in the same format are: "One Last Look", Little Friends", "Round the Clock", "Wolfpack", Convoy", "Fighter Pilot", and "Bombers". The first three are also excellent, the middle two very good, the last two fair.)