Winston S Churchill Six volume set of British first editions (Vol 1 is a 2nd

Winston S Churchill Six volume set of British first editions (Volume 1 is a 2nd edition) of The Second World War.
Winston S. Churchill's history of the epic 20th Century struggle that was so indelibly stamped by his leadership. 
This near complete, first edition set has some age related wear and minimal spotting. All six red spine subtitles remain clearly legible. Seldom, if ever, has history endowed a statesman with both singular ability to make history, and singular ability to write it. As with so much of what Churchill wrote, The Second World War is not "history" in the strictly academic, objectivist sense, but rather Churchill's perspective on history. In his March 1948 introduction to the first volume, Churchill himself made the disclaimer, "I do not describe it as history. it is a contribution to history." Nonetheless the compelling fact remains, as stated by Churchill himself, "I am perhaps the only man who has passed through both the two supreme cataclysms of recorded history in high Cabinet office. I was for more than five years in this second struggle with Germany the Head of His Majesty's government. I write, therefore, from a different standpoint and with more authority than was possible in my earlier books." Certainly, The Second World War may be regarded as an intensely personal and inherently biased history. Nonetheless, Churchill's work remains iconic, a vital part of the historical record. The six-volume epic has been called "indispensable reading for anyone who seeks a true understanding of the war that made us what we are today.
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