Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

Ministers at war : Winston Churchill and his war cabinet /

Schneer, Jonathan.

Ministers at war : Winston Churchill and his war cabinet / Jonathan Schneer. - xxiii, 323 pages ; 25 cm

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.

9780465027910 (hardcover) 9780465040582 (paperback)

2014024137


Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.


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


World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.


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

DA587. / S36 2014

940.53/1