All behind you, Winston : Churchill's great coalition 1940-45 by Hermiston, Roger, author instant download

All behind you, Winston : Churchill's great coalition 1940-45 by Hermiston, Roger, author instant download

406 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm, Roger Hermiston tells the story of the men and women who steered Britain through its darkest hour, showing how they helped to win the Second World War, and how they laid the foundations of the New Jerusalem that followed, Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-399) and index, 'A ministry of all the talents' -- 'No longer two nations but one' -- The Beaverbrook effect -- 'A troglodyte existence' -- 'A new Magna Carta' -- 'Uncle Fred's recipe for survival' -- 'Riding the dung cart' -- 'The ascendancy of Stafford Cripps' -- 'Ringing the bells of victory' -- 'Slaying the five giants' -- 'A grand job to be done for the nation' -- 'Should we tell the Russians?' -- 'Buzz bombs and flying gas mains' -- 'A light shining on every helmet'