Warlords

by Simon Berthon

While their nations fought countless battles in the field, these four great warlords of the twentieth century tried to outmaneuver and outwit each other in a different sort of battle that would determine the fate of Europe and the world. At the heart of this private war was a series of psychological duels in which they lied, schemed, charmed, flattered, and deceived to attain the ultimate victory. These duels signaled a seismic shift in world power, from the age of European empires to the age of two ideologically opposed superpowers. In Warlords, Simon Berthon and Joanna Potts have crafted...

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