This is a new examination of the politics of strategy and the background to them during Churchill's first year as Britain's wartime leader. It draws extensively both on official archives and on the private papers of many of the political and military leaders. Among the individual topics considered and reinterpreted are Churchill's relations with Chamberlain and the Conservative Party, the political repercussions of the fall of France and the Battle of Britain, and the emergence of a strategy for the Middle East and Greece that would affect the postwar settlement of Europe.
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"What Lawlor offers is a meticulous description of high politics in the crisis of 1940, based on first-hand accounts by political and military leaders, including Churchill himself." Albion
"It is from this tradition of serious scholarship that Sheila Lawlor's excellent monograph comes...she meticulously describes the debates within the Government between the fall of France and the decision to support Greece...This is the kind of stuff we need." Niall Ferguson, The Sunday Telegraph
"...an intelligent and completely comprehensive account of how the top-level decisions were taken during that vital year. Every statement of opinion is backed up by evidence." The Times (UK)
"...an unbiased, well-written and highly intelligent analysis of the high politics of the period when Britain 'stood alone.'" Times Literary Supplement
"This is an ambitious book, based on meticuous research upon formidable range of documentary sources." The International History Review
"Lawlor's case, closely argued and well documented, is that novel thing: a revisionist view that elevates rather than denigrates Churchill's skill and judgement." Max Schoenfeld, Journal of Military History
"It is from this tradition of serious scholarship that Sheila Lawlor's excellent monograph comes...she meticulously describes the debates within the Government between the fall of France and the decision to support Greece...This is the kind of stuff we need." Niall Ferguson, The Sunday Telegraph
"...an intelligent and completely comprehensive account of how the top-level decisions were taken during that vital year. Every statement of opinion is backed up by evidence." The Times (UK)
"...an unbiased, well-written and highly intelligent analysis of the high politics of the period when Britain 'stood alone.'" Times Literary Supplement
"This is an ambitious book, based on meticuous research upon formidable range of documentary sources." The International History Review
"Lawlor's case, closely argued and well documented, is that novel thing: a revisionist view that elevates rather than denigrates Churchill's skill and judgement." Max Schoenfeld, Journal of Military History
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This new examination of Churchill's politics of strategy and their background during his first year as Britain's wartime leader draws extensively on official archives as well as on the private papers of many of the political and military leaders.
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When he came to write his history of the Second World War, Churchill described his becoming prime minister in terms of destiny: Thus, then, on the night of the 10th of May ... I acquired the chief power in the State ... I went to bed at about 3 a.m. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
armoured reinforcements, armoured brigade group, air reinforcements, desert offensive, defence committee, tory rebels, air assistance, military prospects, military case, glamour boys Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle East, Lloyd George, Second World War, House of Commons, The Reckoning, New Zealand, Suez Canal, Business of War, Kingsley Wood, United States, Prince Paul, Sidi Barrani, Soviet Union, East End, Air Marshal Longmore, Clement Davies, Lloyd Georgian, Mackenzie King, Montgomery Massingberd, Noel Buxton, Unrelenting Struggle New!
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When he came to write his history of the Second World War, Churchill described his becoming prime minister in terms of destiny: Thus, then, on the night of the 10th of May ... I acquired the chief power in the State ... I went to bed at about 3 a.m. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
armoured reinforcements, armoured brigade group, air reinforcements, desert offensive, defence committee, tory rebels, air assistance, military prospects, military case, glamour boys Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle East, Lloyd George, Second World War, House of Commons, The Reckoning, New Zealand, Suez Canal, Business of War, Kingsley Wood, United States, Prince Paul, Sidi Barrani, Soviet Union, East End, Air Marshal Longmore, Clement Davies, Lloyd Georgian, Mackenzie King, Montgomery Massingberd, Noel Buxton, Unrelenting Struggle New!
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- Diplomacy and Intelligence During the Second World War: Essays in Honour of F. H. Hinsley by Richard Langhorne in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Second World War, Volume 1: The Gathering Storm by Winston S. Churchill in Front Matter, page 33, and Back Matter
- The Second World War (Literacy Through History) by Ian Roberts in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Anthony Eden by Robert Rhodes James in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Second World War by John Keegan in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
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