Author: Great Britain. Cabinet Office
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Subject Index of War Cabinet Minutes
Author: Great Britain. Cabinet Office
Publisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Cabinet Office Subject Index of War Cabinet Minutes
Author: Great Britain. Cabinet Office
Publisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Publisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Subject Index of the Books Relating to the European War, 1914-1918
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Cabinet's Finest Hour
Author: David Owen
Publisher: Haus Publishing
ISBN: 1910376590
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In May 1940, the British War Cabinet debated over the course of nine meetings a simple question: Should Britain fight on in the face of overwhelming odds, sacrificing hundreds of thousands of lives, or seek a negotiated peace? Using Cabinet papers from the United Kingdom’s National Archives, David Owen illuminates in fascinating detail this little-known, yet pivotal, chapter in the history of World War II. Eight months into the war, defeat seemed to many a certainty. With the United States still a year and half away from entering, Britain found itself in a perilous position, and foreign secretary Lord Halifax pushed prime minister Winston Churchill to explore the possibility of a negotiated peace with Hitler, using Mussolini as a conduit. Speaking for England is the story of Churchill’s triumph in the face of this pressure, but it is also about how collective debate and discussion won the day—had Churchill been alone, Owen argues, he would almost certainly have lost to Halifax, changing the course of history. Instead, the Cabinet system, all too often disparaged as messy and cumbersome, worked in Britain’s interests and ensured that a democracy on the brink of defeat had the courage to fight on.
Publisher: Haus Publishing
ISBN: 1910376590
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In May 1940, the British War Cabinet debated over the course of nine meetings a simple question: Should Britain fight on in the face of overwhelming odds, sacrificing hundreds of thousands of lives, or seek a negotiated peace? Using Cabinet papers from the United Kingdom’s National Archives, David Owen illuminates in fascinating detail this little-known, yet pivotal, chapter in the history of World War II. Eight months into the war, defeat seemed to many a certainty. With the United States still a year and half away from entering, Britain found itself in a perilous position, and foreign secretary Lord Halifax pushed prime minister Winston Churchill to explore the possibility of a negotiated peace with Hitler, using Mussolini as a conduit. Speaking for England is the story of Churchill’s triumph in the face of this pressure, but it is also about how collective debate and discussion won the day—had Churchill been alone, Owen argues, he would almost certainly have lost to Halifax, changing the course of history. Instead, the Cabinet system, all too often disparaged as messy and cumbersome, worked in Britain’s interests and ensured that a democracy on the brink of defeat had the courage to fight on.
Subject Index of Volumes 52-71
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Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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The Records of the Cabinet Office to 1922
Author: Great Britain. Public Record Office
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Describes the Records, on microfilm, of the Great Britain Cabinet Office for the years 1868- (FILM X608).
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Describes the Records, on microfilm, of the Great Britain Cabinet Office for the years 1868- (FILM X608).
English History, 1914-1945
Author: Alan John Percivale Taylor
Publisher: Oxford :Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0198217153
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
During ten of the 31 years between 1914 and 1945 the English people were involved in world wars; for 19 of the years they lived in the shadow of mass unemployment. These themes and the politics which sprang from them shape the narrative of this book.
Publisher: Oxford :Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0198217153
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
During ten of the 31 years between 1914 and 1945 the English people were involved in world wars; for 19 of the years they lived in the shadow of mass unemployment. These themes and the politics which sprang from them shape the narrative of this book.
English History 1914-1945
Author: A. J. P. Taylor
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN: 0192801406
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 749
Book Description
This book chronicles three decades largely overshadowed by war and mass unemployment. It was a period that saw in England the formation of a national government, the only genuine incidence of three-party politics, the fruition of campaigns for trades union recognition, women's suffrage, and Irish independence, and abroad withdrawal from the Gold Standard and involvement in collective security. Written in Taylor's customary provocative style, this is historical writing at its best. - ;This book begins on 4 August 1914, the day Britain entered the 'Great War', and describes the three decades of unparalleled upheaval and change up to the defeat of Japan in 1945, which marked the end of the Second World War. Twin themes of international conflict and mass unemployment in England predominate - besides giving a full account of foreign and domestic politics which were elaborated to deal with them, Taylor also pays particular attention to the impact of events on everyday lives. This book is an essential work from one of the finest historians of the twentieth century, which no one interested in the affairs of the UK will want to be without. -
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN: 0192801406
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 749
Book Description
This book chronicles three decades largely overshadowed by war and mass unemployment. It was a period that saw in England the formation of a national government, the only genuine incidence of three-party politics, the fruition of campaigns for trades union recognition, women's suffrage, and Irish independence, and abroad withdrawal from the Gold Standard and involvement in collective security. Written in Taylor's customary provocative style, this is historical writing at its best. - ;This book begins on 4 August 1914, the day Britain entered the 'Great War', and describes the three decades of unparalleled upheaval and change up to the defeat of Japan in 1945, which marked the end of the Second World War. Twin themes of international conflict and mass unemployment in England predominate - besides giving a full account of foreign and domestic politics which were elaborated to deal with them, Taylor also pays particular attention to the impact of events on everyday lives. This book is an essential work from one of the finest historians of the twentieth century, which no one interested in the affairs of the UK will want to be without. -
Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Library
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1234
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Publisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1234
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Subject Index and Box List to Home Office Papers
Author: Great Britain. Public Record Office
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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