Another beautiful book from the Folio Society!

From the Introduction:

Alan Taylor analysed and narrated the history of the Second World War while it was in progress. The British public, like those other belligerent nations, had an almost insatiable appetite for new and views of events. Alan Taylor, working part-time for the Ministry of Information, gave many lectures in the Oxford-Reading-Bournemouth area of southern Britain...

Alan Taylor also enjoyed writing about the Second World War and its major figures. Indeed, though he always insisted he was on the side of the ordinary person, his career was much marked by writing abut the big figures of modern history. So with the Second World War, de Gaulle, Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill were among those who attracted his attention. The shorter [biographies] here begin with two book reviews...

A series of related essays up to the start of the Cold War conclude the book.

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