Churchill defiant : fighting on, 1945-1955

Summary: Recounts Winston Churchill's second term as prime minister and his mission to win a lasting peace, waging war with both his closest colleagues and his most indispensable allies, the Americans, to persuade them to negotiate with the Soviets.

Record details

ISBN: 9780061337581 (hc.)
Physical Description: print
vi, 355 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Harper, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-341) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

You will, but I shall not: Berlin, July 1945 -- Face facts and retire: London, 1945 -- Sans souci et sans regrets: Lake Como, September 1945 -- Old man in a hurry: London, October 1945 -- The wet hen: St James's Palace, 1946 -- Winnie, Winnie, go away: Miami Beach, Florida, 1946 -- Imperious Caesar: Southampton, England, 1946 -- Plots and plotters: Hyde Park Gate, 1947 -- Before it is too late: Westminster Abbey, November 1947 -- The dagger is pointed: La Capponcina, Cap d'Ail, France, August 1949 -- Another glass of your excellent champagne: Venice, 1951 -- White with the bones of Englishmen: London, October 1951 -- Naked among mine enemies: New York, January 1952 -- I live here, don't I?: London, 1952 -- If nothing can be arranged: Jamaica, January 1953 -- The abdication of Diocletian: Buckingham Palace, 1953 -- I have a right to be heard!: Bermuda, December 1953 -- An obstinate pig: aboard the Queen Elizabeth, July 1954 -- The "R" word: Westminster Hall, November 1954.