The Sunday Times bestselling, prize-winning history of the alliance that won the war and made the peace - from the author of the acclaimed Appeasing Hitler
'Brilliant' ANTONY BEEVOR
'Superb' JAMES HOLLAND
'A masterpiece' RICHARD J. EVANS
** WINNER OF THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2026**
'The best book I have ever read about the politics of the Second World War' TIM SHIPMAN
After the fall of France in June 1940, only Britain stood between Hitler and total victory. Desperate for allies, Winston Churchill did all he could to bring the United States into the conflict, drive the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany apart, and persuade neutral countries to resist German domination.
By 1942, after the...
Tim Bouverie is the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Allies at War: The Rivals Who Defeated Hitler, winner of the 2026 Duff Cooper Prize and Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War, shortlisted for the Orwell Prize. He studied history at Christ Church, Oxford and was the 2020-21 Alistair Horne Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford.
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