Churchill's Phoney War
Subtitle: A Study in Folly and Frustration
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9781682472798
Subjects: Churchill, winston, 1874-1965; World war, 1939-1945, great britain
Description: "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"--