About the Author

One of Britain's most distinguished historians, Martin Gilbert was knighted in 1995. A fellow of Merton College, Oxford, he is also the official biographer of Winston Churchill. Among his books are "The Holocaust, The Second World War, Churchill: A Life, Auschwitz and the Allies, The First World War, " and "Never Again."

Reviews

"A story that needs to be remembered. It is here told by a real historian . . . whose style is the more moving by being objective and controlled. "-Hugh Trevor-Roper, "The Times "(London)