{"product_id":"world-in-the-balance-the-perilous-months-of-june-october-1940-9781597975162","title":"World in the Balance: The Perilous Months of June-October 1940","description":"In mid-1940, the British Expeditionary Force desperately attempted to flee the small French port of Dunkirk and reach British shores. France was falling, and the men were well aware that the German army had already conquered Poland, Denmark, Norway, Holland, and Belgium. Only Britain remained. Churchill then proclaimed to the House of Commons, \"Hitler will have to break us in this island or lose the war.\" There were, perhaps, no more telling words spoken in World War II. For the following five months, Great Britain waged a heroic, and clandestine, struggle with Nazi Germany--one both psychological and diplomatic--over the fate of the world. \u003ci\u003eWorld in the Balance\u003c\/i\u003e recounts these pivotal months. Rallying after Churchill's speeches, destroying the French fleet so it would not fall to the Germans, fending off Nazi agents from former King Edward VIII, weakening England's defenses to build up those of Egypt, establishing a dedication to secret radar, and engaging in deft diplomacy--notably saving Gibraltar by keeping Spain neutral and successfully courting favor in the United States--set all the pieces in place for eventual victory over Axis fascism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Potomac Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597975162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 6.32w x 1.13d","brand":"Brooke C. Stoddard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41285413535925,"sku":"9781597975162","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_234e5ed3-0aab-462c-a923-a039b9875c6b.jpg?v=1635224683","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/world-in-the-balance-the-perilous-months-of-june-october-1940-9781597975162","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}