Title: Burying Caesar :
Authors: Stewart, Graham.
Date: 1999
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson,
Physical description: 533 p. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC class: J
Abstract: "What were the political machinations that kept Neville Chamberlain in office during the 1930s and deliberately kept Winston Churchill out? Was Churchill the prophet of uncomfortable truths during his wilderness years, or was Chamberlain right to pursue appeasement?" "In this original and timely book, Graham Stewart examines the restrictions which party conformity places upon ambitious politicians and describes vividly the fate that befalls those who step outside its limits. He analyses how best dissidents can alter their own Government's policy - whether they should do so privately from within the Cabinet or in open rebellion on the backbenches - provides fresh insights into how those in Government induce critics in their own party to stay silent, and identifies those responsible for the concerted campaign to silence Churchill."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: 1. Ancestral Voices: 1880-1929 -- 2. Civil War inside the Conservative Party -- 3. All Centre and No Circumference: the National Government -- 4. The Eminence Grise -- 5. India: 'The Making of a First-Class Crisis' -- 6. 'The Winstonians' -- 7. The Monstrous Monument of Shams -- 8. The Defence of the Realm -- 9. The Tangled Web of Collective Security -- 10. Rocking the Boat -- 11. Mr. Chamberlain's Walk with Destiny -- 12. The Rebellion -- 13. 'If they had asked nicely ...' -- 14. Assassin in the Senate -- Epilogue: Burying Caesar.