But Dunkirk also proved the comparative advantage that democracies have in modern war: the ability of free people to self-organise. Christopher Nolan’s film “Dunkirk” is a spare telling of that story from the firsthand perspective of soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians. In this case, the deliverance of a nation. Dunkirk, perhaps more than any other event of the war, was Churchill’s moment. British planning for a return to the continent began the same month as the Dunkirk evacuation ended.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 28, 2017 18:00 UTC