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Author Olson, Lynne.

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

Imprint New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  942.084 Ol8t 2007    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 436 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-411) and index.
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.
Subject Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Chamberlain, Neville, 1869-1940.
Conservative Party (Great Britain)
ISBN 0374179549 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780374179540 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Standard No. YDXCP 2461278
AU@ 000040402510
NZ1 10852598

 
    
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