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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Names: Korda, Michael, 1933– author.
Title: Alone : Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk :
defeat into victory / Michael Korda.
Other titles: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk, defeat into victory
Description: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017017244 | ISBN 9781631491320 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940. | World War, 1939–1945—Campaigns—France—Dunkerque. | Korda, Michael, 1933– —Childhood and youth. | World War, 1939–1945—Great Britain. | World War, 1939–1945—Personal narratives, English.
Classification: LCC D756.5.D8 K67 2017 | DDC 940.54/21428—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017017244
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