Cabinet's finest hour : the hidden agenda of May 1940 / David Owen.
By: Owen, David Anthony Llewellyn, Baron Owen [author.]
Publisher: London : Haus Publishing Ltd, 2017Edition: Paperback editionDescription: xi, 322 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781910376553Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Diplomatic history | Cabinet system -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945DDC classification: 941.084 Summary: "Former Foreign Secretary David Owen has written a new history of the pivotal British War Cabinet meetings of May 1940. The minutes of these meetings reveal just how close Britain came to seeking a negotiated peace with Nazi Germany. Cabinet’s Finest Hour is both the story of Churchill’s determination to fight on and a paean to the Cabinet system of government. The Cabinet system, all too often disparaged as messy and cumbersome, worked in Britain’s interests and ensured a democracy on the brink of defeat had the courage to assess the alternatives to fighting on. The post-war denial of both the existence and legitimacy of the war cabinet debates had far-reaching consequences for Britain’s foreign policy for the rest of the century, notably over the Suez Crisis but arguably as far as the Second Iraq War." -- Haus Publishing site. https://hauspublishing.com/non-fiction/cabinets-finest-hour-the-hidden-agenda-of-may-1940-by-david-owen
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 941.084 OWE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 016508 |
"Former Foreign Secretary David Owen has written a new history of the pivotal British War Cabinet meetings of May 1940. The minutes of these meetings reveal just how close Britain came to seeking a negotiated peace with Nazi Germany. Cabinet’s Finest Hour is both the story of Churchill’s determination to fight on and a paean to the Cabinet system of government. The Cabinet system, all too often disparaged as messy and cumbersome, worked in Britain’s interests and ensured a democracy on the brink of defeat had the courage to assess the alternatives to fighting on. The post-war denial of both the existence and legitimacy of the war cabinet debates had far-reaching consequences for Britain’s foreign policy for the rest of the century, notably over the Suez Crisis but arguably as far as the Second Iraq War." -- Haus Publishing site.