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Hardcover in publisher’s non price-clipped dust-jacket. 756 pages. Source Notes, Index, Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. Later printing (9th). The second volume of Manchester’s masterful 3 volume biography of Winston Churchill traces his life as a back-bencher, out of political favor and nearly destitute. Churchill’s vociferous opposition to appeasement is shown to be not a crusade against a weak policy but a repudiation the Metternich-esque Realpolitik which sought to blunt Soviet Bolshevism with a Nazi sword while staying on the right side of domestic public opinion. . No previous ownership marks. A clean and unmarked copy in like dust-jacket. Small remainder line on top edge. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. N.B. At the time of this listing all three volumes of this biography are in stock, though listed separately. If interested in the set (while available) please contact us for a reduced price quote and consolidated shipping quote.