Dunkirk: From Disaster to Deliverance - Testimonies of the Last Survivors - Softcover

‘McKay’s novel way of analysing the crisis makes for interesting reading. This is a worthy addition to the Dunkirk literature. Indeed, McKay’s approach may well play an influential role in how more conventional history books are written in future.’

'McKay has done an excellent job of educating. A thoroughly enjoyable, yet exhausting and tragic, read. Sitting on the beach will never be the same again.’

‘Features veteran interviews and letters, which bring the Dunkirk landings alive.’

‘Features veteran interviews and letters, which bring the Dunkirk landings alive.’

'McKay has done an excellent job of educating. A thoroughly enjoyable, yet exhausting and tragic, read. Sitting on the beach will never be the same again.’

‘Moving testimonies of the last survivors.’

‘Enthralling book brings home the importance of Dunkirk to the British people.’

‘Sinclair McKay has uncovered the spirit of the indefatigable little ships. A powerful story of a mass mood, human nature and, above all showing how the expression “Dunkirk spirit” came into the English language.’

‘McKay’s novel way of analysing the crisis makes for interesting reading. This is a worthy addition to the Dunkirk literature. Indeed, McKay’s approach may well play an influential role in how more conventional history books are written in future.’

The ‘ absurd epic’ of Dunkirk – told here through fresh interviews with veterans, plus unseen letters and archival material – is the story of how an old-fashioned island was brutally forced into the modernity of World War Two.