Churchill's Work is SUBLIME! Beware of PUBLISHER!
I received all six volumes of Churchill's work for Christmas 2015. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH). I read through the first 296 pages of volume 1, The Gathering Storm. When I advanced to p.297, I found that the text appeared to jump from the year 1938 to the year 1943. Scanning through the following pages I found that the 1938 text appears to resume on page 328 (albeit not in direct connection with page 296). Thus over 30 pages appeared to be missing / from a later book in the series. This made me wonder if Churchill's later books in the series from HMH have similar defects.
HMH offered to replace. I appreciated the offer, but went to the seller, Barnes & Noble. They agreed to replace the book as well (no postage charge as they're local). So they ordered a replacement (early April 2016). Same defect. They ordered another (late April 2016). Same defect. We're now on the third reorder.
When I reported this to HMH, they seemed nonplussed to the possibility that they've mass-produced a defective product.
I hope someone finds / tells me I am wrong and the book progresses exactly as my copy shows. But until someone confirms this, I recommend: you want to read an excellent treatise on the Second World War? Read these. But get copies from someone other than HMH.