Challenging assumptions about Churchill's role as a strategist and an historian, the author examines how Churchill's strategic conception and decisions were formulated, how those decisions affected the course of the two World Wars, and to what extent his books on the wars are reliable histories.
Describes plans for home defense by all military services, including accounts of the German invasion plans, the "Blitz" and the development of the V-1 and V-2 rockets
An account of the aircraft, pilots, tactics, and results of the three-month Battle of Britain in 1940