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Churchill's Phoney war : a study in folly and frustration / Graham T. Clews.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clews, Graham T., author.
- Series:
- Studies in Naval History and Sea Power
- Language:
- Banda languages
- Subjects (All):
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Military leadership.
- Churchill, Winston.
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- With the only work dedicated to Churchill and the Phoney War now over forty years old, this study is a timely reassessment of this important period in Churchill's life.
- Contents:
- U-boats and the protection of trade
- Catherine
- New construction and Churchill's inshore squadron: a new perspective on Churchill and the air-sea debate
- Fighting the war: the War Cabinet and its committees
- "Don't hurt them, dear!": air policy, the French, and Royal Marine
- Lines of least resistance: Narvik and the Finnish option
- Norway, part 1: a failure of preemption
- Norway, part 2: fighting the campaign
- First Lord to Prime Minister.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-68247-280-9
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