Onwards To Victory: War Speeches By The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill, C.H. M.P.
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At the height of the Second World War, Winston Churchill's words were weapons as powerful as any forged in steel — and Onwards to Victory preserves those weapons for posterity. This remarkable collection chronicles the wartime speeches delivered by Britain's indomitable Prime Minister throughout 1943, a pivotal year that saw the tide of the war begin to turn in the Allies' favour. Compiled with scholarly care by Charles Eade, the volume presents Churchill's oratory in full, capturing his commanding addresses to Parliament, the British people, and the wider Allied world, from the battlefields of North Africa to the corridors of Casablanca. Churchill's genius lay not merely in strategy but in language — his speeches are masterclasses in rhetoric, blending defiance, wit, and moral clarity into prose that could inspire a nation to endure the unendurable. This collection stands as an indispensable primary source for students of military history, political oratory, and the Second World War, illustrating how a single voice could galvanise the resolve of millions. Enriched with five half-tone photographic plates, this first edition is a genuine artefact of history — and reading it, one cannot help but wonder: what would the world look like had those words never been spoken?
Author: Winston S. Churchill
Format: Hardback
Published: 1944, Cassell and Company Ltd.
Genre: WW2
Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At the height of the Second World War, Winston Churchill's words were weapons as powerful as any forged in steel — and Onwards to Victory preserves those weapons for posterity. This remarkable collection chronicles the wartime speeches delivered by Britain's indomitable Prime Minister throughout 1943, a pivotal year that saw the tide of the war begin to turn in the Allies' favour. Compiled with scholarly care by Charles Eade, the volume presents Churchill's oratory in full, capturing his commanding addresses to Parliament, the British people, and the wider Allied world, from the battlefields of North Africa to the corridors of Casablanca. Churchill's genius lay not merely in strategy but in language — his speeches are masterclasses in rhetoric, blending defiance, wit, and moral clarity into prose that could inspire a nation to endure the unendurable. This collection stands as an indispensable primary source for students of military history, political oratory, and the Second World War, illustrating how a single voice could galvanise the resolve of millions. Enriched with five half-tone photographic plates, this first edition is a genuine artefact of history — and reading it, one cannot help but wonder: what would the world look like had those words never been spoken?