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Ministers at war : Winston Churchill and his war cabinet / Jonathan Schneer.

by Schneer, Jonathan.

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Basic Books, c2014.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Great Britain. War Cabinet -- History -- 20th century.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain.

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945.

9780465027910 (hc.)

0465027911 (hc.)

xxiii, 323 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes glossary of names, (p. ix-xv).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-308) and index.

Part I. Making the 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.

Schneer shows the inner workings of Winston Churchill's cabinet during World War II when Britain was guided by a group of talented, ambitious rivals who put aside their differences to defeat their common enemy.

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