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When lions roar : the Churchills and the Kennedys / Thomas Maier.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection DA566.9.C5 M235 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maier, Thomas, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Friends and associates.
- Churchill, Winston.
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Friends and associates.
- Kennedy, John F.
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Family.
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Family.
- Great Britain--Relations--United States.
- Great Britain.
- United States--Relations--Great Britain .
- United States.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- Churchill family.
- Kennedy family.
- United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 767 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Churchills and the Kennedys
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crown Publishers, 2014.
- Summary:
- A far-reaching history of the intertwined personal and public lives of the Churchills and the Kennedys discusses their respective family views, how they overcame bitter differences to unite against Hitler and the enduring influence of their collaborations.
- Contents:
- Pt. I : Dynasty and empire
- Overture : "the special relationship"
- A troublesome boy
- Speaking engagements
- Love and friendships
- A man on the make
- Across the Atlantic
- The deal
- The king of Wall Street
- Pt. II : Family fortunes
- The sons of great men
- Menace on the horizon
- London calling
- Astor place
- The Kennedy women
- The desire to please
- Breach of faith
- The cross and double-cross
- The last dance
- While America slept
- We shall fight
- A spy in their midst
- Grace under fire
- Crash landing
- Pt. III : Wartime
- The house of Churchill bears a son
- New alliances
- "The masters of our fate"
- Replacements
- The Churchill club
- "His heart's desire"
- Stratagems of hell
- Tests of faith
- Love among the ruins
- Victory and defeat
- Pt. IV : Making peace
- Feeling the heat
- The coldest war
- Circles of friends
- Warrior historians
- Great contemporaries
- Winners and losers
- Black knights on a chessboard
- Friends in high places
- Meetings at sea
- In their own image
- Arms to parley
- Mending fences
- The enemy within
- After the ball
- The best and worst of days
- Thoughts that lie too deep
- The once and future king.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [725]-749) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780307956798 ;
- OCLC:
- 881386149
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