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Author Schneer, Jonathan.

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

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
©2014

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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  940.531 SCHNEER    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.531 SCHNEER    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.531 SCH    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  940.531 SCH    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  940.531 SCH    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  940.531 SCHNEER    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  940.531 SC    Check Shelf
Description xxiii, 323 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-308) and index.
Contents Part I. Making a 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.
Subject Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945.
Great Britain. War Cabinet -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain.
ISBN 9780465027910 (hardcover)
0465027911 (hardcover)
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