Churchill's phoney war : a study in folly and frustration /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Clews, Graham T., author.
Imprint:	Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2019]
Description:	xiii, 339 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in naval history and sea power Studies in naval history and sea power.
Subject:	Churchill, Winston, -- 1874-1965 -- Military leadership. Churchill, Winston, -- 1874-1965. World War (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain. Command of troops. Great Britain.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11991046

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ISBN:	9781682472798 1682472795 9781682472804
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Given the dearth of scholarship on the Phoney War, this book examines the early months of World War II when Winston Churchill's ability to lead Britain in the fight against the Nazis was being tested. Graham T. Clews explores how Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, proposed to fight this new world war, with particular attention given to his attempts to impel the Royal Navy, the British War Cabinet, and the French, toward a more aggressive prosecution of the conflict"--
Other form:	Online version: Clews, Graham T. Churchill's Phoney War. Annapolis : Naval Institute Press, [2019] 9781682472804

Table of Contents:

List of Maps
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1. Churchill as First Lord
Chapter 1. U-Boats and the Protection of Trade
Chapter 2. Catherine
Chapter 3. New Construction and Churchill's Inshore Squadron: A New Perspective on Churchill and the Air-Sea Debate
Part 2. Churchill and the Wider War
Chapter 4. Fighting the War: The War Cabinet and Its Committees
Chapter 5. "Don't Hurt Them, Dear!": Air Policy, the French, and Royal Marine
Chapter 6. Lines of Least Resistance: Narvik and the Finnish Option
Chapter 7. Norway, Part 1: A Failure of Preemption
Chapter 8. Norway, Part 2: Fighting the Campaign
Chapter 9. First Lord to Prime Minister
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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