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Ministers at war : Winston Churchill and his war cabinet / Jonathan Schneer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schneer, Jonathan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
- Churchill, Winston.
- Great Britain. War Cabinet.
- History.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1936-1945.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- Great Britain. War Cabinet--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Political science.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 323 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
- Contents:
- Part I. Making a war cabinet. Challenging the prime minister ; Finding a war prime minister
- Part II. Churchill and his ministers at war. Testing the war cabinet ; The months of greatest crisis ; Shaping the war cabinet ; The war cabinet at work ; Spearhead of the left ; Coping with Mr. Cripps ; The cat that walked alone ; The impact of Professor Beveridge ; The "cocky Cockney" and the debate over postwar Britain
- Part III. Sundering the war cabinet. Churchill on the downslope ; Aftershock ; Coda.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-308) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780465027910
- 0465027911
- OCLC:
- 886672227
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