The End Of The Beginning: The Third Volume Of Winston Churchill's War Speeches (1943) By Charles Eade
 
The Unrelenting Struggle is the third volume of Churchill's war speeches, containing speeches throughout 1942. This year is perhaps the low point of the war as much of the year was full of setbacks and disappointments across the globe for the British.  Churchill's speeches conveyed sober, resolved, and eloquent defiance - with of course an occasional sparkle of Churchillian wit, even in the darkest hours of the war.

The title of this volume comes from Churchill's 10 November 1942 speech at the Lord Mayor's Day Luncheon in London, at a time when fortune finally favored the British with victories in North Africa:  "Now... we have a new experience.  We have victory - a remarkable and definite victory.  The bright gleam has caught the helmets of our soldiers and warmed and cheered all our hearts."

During his long public life, Winston Churchill played many roles worthy of note - Member of Parliament for more than half a century, soldier and war correspondent, author of scores of books, ardent social reformer, combative cold warrior, painter, Nobel Prize winner. But Churchill's preeminence as a historical figure owes most to his indispensable leadership during the Second World War, when his soaring and defiant oratory sustained his countrymen and inspired the free world.  Of Churchill, Edward R. Murrow said, "He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle."
 
1st Australian Edition
 
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
258 pages
In Fair to Good Condition