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Troublesome young men : the rebels who brought Churchill to power and helped save England / Lynne Olson

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0374179549
  • 9780374179540
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH FRBC 941.084 O52T 22
LOC classification:
  • DA587 .O47 2007
Contents:
"We may be going to die" -- Playing the game -- "Troublesome young men" -- "Dictators are very popular these days" -- "I lack the 'spunk'" -- "Quite simply, he told lies" -- "Our own soul is at stake" -- "'Terrible, unmitigated, unparalleled dishonor'" -- Retribution -- "Waiting for a stirring lead" -- "Here is the testing" -- "Speak for England" -- Playing at war -- "The misery of doing nothing" -- "He is absolutely loyal" -- "Gambling with the life of the nation" -- "'In the name of God, go!" -- "Victory at all costs" -- A question of loyalty -- A son's betrayal
Summary: Describes how, in 1940, a group of rebellious Tory members of Parliament defied the appeasement policies of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to force his resignation and bring to power Winston Churchill
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Frykenberg Collection ARCH FRBC 941.084 O52T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 066628

Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-411) and index

"We may be going to die" -- Playing the game -- "Troublesome young men" -- "Dictators are very popular these days" -- "I lack the 'spunk'" -- "Quite simply, he told lies" -- "Our own soul is at stake" -- "'Terrible, unmitigated, unparalleled dishonor'" -- Retribution -- "Waiting for a stirring lead" -- "Here is the testing" -- "Speak for England" -- Playing at war -- "The misery of doing nothing" -- "He is absolutely loyal" -- "Gambling with the life of the nation" -- "'In the name of God, go!" -- "Victory at all costs" -- A question of loyalty -- A son's betrayal

Describes how, in 1940, a group of rebellious Tory members of Parliament defied the appeasement policies of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to force his resignation and bring to power Winston Churchill

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