Author:
Packwood, Allen, author.
ImprintBarnsley, South Yorkshire, England : Frontline Books, [2018]
Descriptionxii, 271 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:Statement of responsibility from cover.
Note:Chairman or Chief Executive? : Why did Churchill choose to become Minister of Defence as well as Prime Minister? -- Britain or France? : How did Churchill respond to the collapse of his ally? -- Defence or Offence? : Why did Churchill embark on his Middle Eastern strategy? -- The Devil or the Deep Blue Sea? : How did Churchill approach the Soviet Union and the United States? -- Do or Die? : How did Churchill survive the fall of Singapore? -- Leadership or Interference? : Why did Churchill sack General Auchinleck? -- Masterstroke or Millstone? : Why did Churchill embrace unconditional surrender? -- Mind or Body? : How did Churchill cope with the build-up to D-Day? -- Impotence or Independence? : What did Churchill hope to achieve in Poland and Greece? -- Victory or Defeat? : Why did Churchill fight the 1945 election so aggressively?.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-264) and index.
Note:"When Winston Churchill accepted the position of Prime Minister in May 1940, he insisted in also becoming Minister of Defence. He was not going to play the chairman's role, adjudicating between the competing claims of the ministers below him. He was going to get his hands dirty and take direct personal control of the day-to-day running of military policy. This, though, meant that he alone would be responsible for the success, or failure, of Britain's war effort. In this insightful investigation into Churchill's conduct during the Second World War, Allen Packwood enables the reader to share the agonies and uncertainties faced by Churchill at each crucial stage of the war."
