Five days in London, May 1940 / John Lukacs.

Author: Lukacs, John, 1924-2019.

Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, c1999.

Descriptionxvi, 236 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Note:The Hinge of Fate -- The turning point. Two accounts -- The awesomeness of the German tide -- Black Fortnight -- Problems of British morale -- Distrust of Churchill -- Opinions and sentiments -- "Outwardly calm, inwardly anxious." -- Friday, 24 May -- Hitler's halt order -- The Germans before Dunkirk -- Calais -- Hitler and the Conservatives -- The two Rights -- Chamberlain -- Appeasers -- Halifax -- The War Cabinet -- Churchill and Roosevelt -- The British press -- "A slight increase in anxiety and a slight decrease in optimism." -- Saturday, 25 May -- An English weekend -- The French: Weygand and Petain -- Halifax and the Italian ambassador -- Churchill and the Defence Committee -- "Depression is quite definitely up." -- Sunday, 26 May -- An agitated day -- Three meetings of the War Cabinet -- Chamberlain, Halifax, Churchill -- Disagreements between Halifax and Churchill -- Scarcity of news: "A mandate to delay judgment and not to worry." -- "In Westminster Abbey." -- Monday, 27 May -- What was happening at Dunkirk -- The Belgians surrender -- American considerations -- Three War Cabinets and a walk in the garden -- "You'd have been better off playing cricket." -- Tuesday, 28 May -- Morale, opinion, and the press -- "We cannot possibly starve the public in this way." -- Foreigners and refugees -- Churchill's instructions and the first War Cabinet -- His statement in the Commons -- The second War Cabinet -- Churchill's coup -- He comes through -- Survival -- A long-range view of the war -- The meaning of Dunkirk -- "It is time to face up to facts." -- Halifax redux -- An antiquated Britain -- Churchill and Europe -- Fortissimo.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-227) and index.

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