Review: Korda, Alone (2017)

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Alone: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: Defeat Into Victory by Michael Korda

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is definitely the backstage-gossip history of Dunkirk. Korda is focused on the individuals who were making decisions and he writes about them as if he knew them all personally. He also writes about his own experiences as a small boy in a very wealthy and powerful family (his uncle DID know Churchill personally). He is a very vivid writer and an excellent storyteller, and it's a cliche to say he makes the story of Dunkirk "come alive," but because he's relying wherever possible on someone's first-hand account, HIS account has a great deal of immediacy. This is a very engaging read.



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