The Resource Five days in London, May 1940, John Lukacs
Five days in London, May 1940, John Lukacs
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The item Five days in London, May 1940, John Lukacs represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 236 p.
- Contents
-
- The Hinge of Fate
- The turning point. Two accounts
- The awesomeness of the German tide
- Black Fortnight
- Problems of British morale
- Distrust of Churchill
- Opinions and sentiments
- "Outwardly calm, inwardly anxious."
- Friday, 24 May
- Hitler's halt order
- The Germans before Dunkirk
- Calais
- Hitler and the Conservatives
- The two Rights
- Chamberlain
- Appeasers
- Halifax
- The War Cabinet
- Churchill and Roosevelt
- The British press
- "A slight increase in anxiety and a slight decrease in optimism."
- Saturday, 25 May
- An English weekend
- The French: Weygand and Petain
- Halifax and the Italian ambassador
- Churchill and the Defence Committee
- "Depression is quite definitely up."
- Sunday, 26 May
- An agitated day
- Three meetings of the War Cabinet
- Chamberlain, Halifax, Churchill
- Disagreements between Halifax and Churchill
- Scarcity of news: "A mandate to delay judgment and not to worry."
- "In Westminster Abbey."
- Monday, 27 May
- What was happening at Dunkirk
- The Belgians surrender
- American considerations
- Three War Cabinets and a walk in the garden
- "You'd have been better off playing cricket."
- Tuesday, 28 May
- Morale, opinion, and the press
- "We cannot possibly starve the public in this way."
- Foreigners and refugees
- Churchill's instructions and the first War Cabinet
- His statement in the Commons
- The second War Cabinet
- Churchill's coup
- He comes through
- Survival
- A long-range view of the war
- The meaning of Dunkirk
- "It is time to face up to facts."
- Halifax redux
- An antiquated Britain
- Churchill and Europe
- Fortissimo
- Isbn
- 9780300080308
- Label
- Five days in London, May 1940
- Title
- Five days in London, May 1940
- Statement of responsibility
- John Lukacs
- Subject
-
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Military leadership
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945
- Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959
- Churchill, Winston S., (Winston Spencer), 1874-1965
- Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain
- Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1924-2019
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lukacs, John
- LC call number
- D750
- LC item number
- .L85 1999
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Great Britain
- Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood
- Churchill, Winston
- Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood
- Churchill, Winston S.
- Label
- Five days in London, May 1940, John Lukacs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Hinge of Fate -- The turning point. Two accounts -- The awesomeness of the German tide -- Black Fortnight -- Problems of British morale -- Distrust of Churchill -- Opinions and sentiments -- "Outwardly calm, inwardly anxious." -- Friday, 24 May -- Hitler's halt order -- The Germans before Dunkirk -- Calais -- Hitler and the Conservatives -- The two Rights -- Chamberlain -- Appeasers -- Halifax -- The War Cabinet -- Churchill and Roosevelt -- The British press -- "A slight increase in anxiety and a slight decrease in optimism." -- Saturday, 25 May -- An English weekend -- The French: Weygand and Petain -- Halifax and the Italian ambassador -- Churchill and the Defence Committee -- "Depression is quite definitely up." -- Sunday, 26 May -- An agitated day -- Three meetings of the War Cabinet -- Chamberlain, Halifax, Churchill -- Disagreements between Halifax and Churchill -- Scarcity of news: "A mandate to delay judgment and not to worry." -- "In Westminster Abbey." -- Monday, 27 May -- What was happening at Dunkirk -- The Belgians surrender -- American considerations -- Three War Cabinets and a walk in the garden -- "You'd have been better off playing cricket." -- Tuesday, 28 May -- Morale, opinion, and the press -- "We cannot possibly starve the public in this way." -- Foreigners and refugees -- Churchill's instructions and the first War Cabinet -- His statement in the Commons -- The second War Cabinet -- Churchill's coup -- He comes through -- Survival -- A long-range view of the war -- The meaning of Dunkirk -- "It is time to face up to facts." -- Halifax redux -- An antiquated Britain -- Churchill and Europe -- Fortissimo
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xv, 236 p.
- Isbn
- 9780300080308
- Lccn
- 99027583
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- Five days in London, May 1940, John Lukacs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Hinge of Fate -- The turning point. Two accounts -- The awesomeness of the German tide -- Black Fortnight -- Problems of British morale -- Distrust of Churchill -- Opinions and sentiments -- "Outwardly calm, inwardly anxious." -- Friday, 24 May -- Hitler's halt order -- The Germans before Dunkirk -- Calais -- Hitler and the Conservatives -- The two Rights -- Chamberlain -- Appeasers -- Halifax -- The War Cabinet -- Churchill and Roosevelt -- The British press -- "A slight increase in anxiety and a slight decrease in optimism." -- Saturday, 25 May -- An English weekend -- The French: Weygand and Petain -- Halifax and the Italian ambassador -- Churchill and the Defence Committee -- "Depression is quite definitely up." -- Sunday, 26 May -- An agitated day -- Three meetings of the War Cabinet -- Chamberlain, Halifax, Churchill -- Disagreements between Halifax and Churchill -- Scarcity of news: "A mandate to delay judgment and not to worry." -- "In Westminster Abbey." -- Monday, 27 May -- What was happening at Dunkirk -- The Belgians surrender -- American considerations -- Three War Cabinets and a walk in the garden -- "You'd have been better off playing cricket." -- Tuesday, 28 May -- Morale, opinion, and the press -- "We cannot possibly starve the public in this way." -- Foreigners and refugees -- Churchill's instructions and the first War Cabinet -- His statement in the Commons -- The second War Cabinet -- Churchill's coup -- He comes through -- Survival -- A long-range view of the war -- The meaning of Dunkirk -- "It is time to face up to facts." -- Halifax redux -- An antiquated Britain -- Churchill and Europe -- Fortissimo
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xv, 236 p.
- Isbn
- 9780300080308
- Lccn
- 99027583
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Military leadership
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945
- Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959
- Churchill, Winston S., (Winston Spencer), 1874-1965
- Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain
- Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959
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