全书按事件发生时间分为六册： 第一卷《风云紧急》The Gathering Storm（1919年-1940年5月） 第二卷《最光辉的时刻》The Finest Hour（1940年5月-1940年底） 第三卷《伟大的同盟》The Grand Alliance（1941年） 第四卷《命运的关键》The Hinge of Fate（1942年-1943年5月） 第五卷《紧缩包围圈》Closing the Ring（1943年6月-1944年6月） 第六卷《胜利与悲剧》Triumph and Tragedy（1944年6月 -1945年8月世界大战结束）
The first volume of Churchill's Noble-Prize winning six-part chronicle of World War II. THE GATHERING STORM depicts the rise of Hitler and the indifference of the leaders of the European democracies to the clouds of the gathering storm. Churchill incorporate contemporary documentation and his own reminiscence in this opening memoir.
Winston Churchill was not only a statesman and leader of historic proportions, he also possessed substantial literary talents. These two factors combine to make The Gathering Storm a unique work. The first volume of Churchill's memoirs, this selection is broken into two parts. The first, "From War to War," consists of Churchill's critical observations on the settlement of World War I and its place in the causes of the Second World War. The second volume contains letters and memoranda from the British government--of which Churchill was part--as the country plunged unprepared into war. This stands as the best of history: written as it was made, by the man who made it.
