Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War
by Lynne Olson
Recommended by Bill Clinton
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Last Hope Island offers a scene-by-scene account of how Britain housed and shaped the efforts of European leaders driven from the continent after the Nazi blitzkrieg. The writing ties together meetings, negotiations, and the strains on British politics with plentiful archival detail, making the logistics of exile concrete. Most useful as a diplomatic and political history that shows how decisions in London affected wider resistance efforts. Limiting: the emphasis on protocol, meetings, and institutional constraints can slow momentum and feel repetitive to readers seeking battlefield drama.
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A groundbreaking account of how Britain became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler, from the New York Times bestselling author of Citizens of London and Those Angry DaysWhen the Nazi blitzkrieg rolled over continental Europe in the early days of World War II, the...
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Bill Clinton
“As we approach the end of 2018, I wanted to share some of the books that I’ve enjoyed reading this year.”
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