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An edition of Five Days in London, May 1940 (1999)

Five days in London, May 1940

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"The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940, altered the course of the history of this century, as the members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with or to continue the war against Hitler. The decisive importance of these five days is the focus of John Lukacs's new book."--BOOK JACKET.

"Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical unfolding of events at 10 Downing Street, where Churchill and the members of his cabinet were painfully considering their war responsibilities. Lukacs also investigates the mood of the British people, drawing on newspaper and Mass-Observation reports that show how the citizenry, though only partly informed about the dangers that faced them, nevertheless began to support Churchill's determination to stand fast."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
236

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Five days in London, May 1940
2001, Yale Nota Bene
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1999, Yale University Press
in English

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Edition Notes

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

Published in
New Haven
Other Titles
5 days in London, May 1940

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.53/2
Library of Congress
D750 .L85 1999, D750.L85 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 236 p. :
Number of pages
236

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL38922M
Internet Archive
fivedaysinlondon00luka
ISBN 10
0300080301
LCCN
99027583
OCLC/WorldCat
41176705
Library Thing
20753
Goodreads
1089211

Work Description

The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940 altered the course of the history of this century, as the members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. The decisive importance of these five days is the focus of John Lukacs's magisterial new book. Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical unfolding of events at 10 Downing Street, where Churchill and the members of his cabinet were painfully considering their war responsibilities. We see how the military disasters taking place on the Continent—particularly the plight of the nearly 400,000 British soldiers bottled up in Dunkirk—affected Churchill's fragile political situation, for he had been prime minister only a fortnight and was regarded as impetuous and hotheaded even by many of his own party. Lukacs also investigates the mood of the British people, drawing on newspaper and Mass-Observation reports that show how the citizenry, though only partly informed about the dangers that faced them, nevertheless began to support Churchill's determination to stand fast.

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