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Ministers at War [electronic resource] : Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schneer, Jonathan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Churchill, Winston, -- 1874-1965.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1936-1945.
- Great Britain. -- War Cabinet--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. War Cabinet--History--20th century.
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
- Churchill, Winston.
- Local Subjects:
- Churchill, Winston, -- 1874-1965.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1936-1945.
- Great Britain. -- War Cabinet--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (349 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership of Winston Churchill, whom the King reluctantly appointed Prime Minister as Germany invaded France. Churchill's reputation as one of the great twentieth-century leaders would be forged during the coming months and years, as he worked tirelessly first to rally his country and then to defeat Hitler. But Churchillregarded as the savior of his nation, and of the entire continentcould not have done it alone.As prize-winning historian Jonathan
- Contents:
- Contents; Glossary of Names; Introduction; Prologue; PART I: MAKING A WAR CABINET; Chapter 1: Challenging the Prime Minister; Chapter 2: Finding a War Prime Minister; PART II: CHURCHILLAND HIS MINISTERS AT WAR; Chapter 3: Testing the War Cabinet; Chapter 4: The Months of Greatest Crisis; Chapter 5: Shaping the War Cabinet; Chapter 6: The War Cabinet at Work; Chapter 7: Spearhead of the Left; Chapter 8: Coping with Mr. Cripps; Chapter 9: The Cat That Walked Alone; Chapter 10: The Impact of Professor Beveridge; Chapter 11: The "Cocky Cockney" and the Debate over Postwar Britain
- PART III: SUNDERING THE WAR CABINETChapter 12: Churchill on the Downslope; Chapter 13: Aftershock; Coda; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-465-04058-6
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