Troublesome Young Men: The Churchill Conspiracy of 1940 - Lynne Olson

So here we have yet another book about the Second World War. You'd think by now that every possible aspect of that period in history would have been covered, but this book fleshes out British politics just before the war and during the first half-year or so of hostilities. I'd guess that most people know that Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister shortly after the war began. It's become an integral part of the British national myth - that the cowardly Chamberlain attempted to appease Hitler and Mussolini in order to keep Britain out of any war that might develop, and that Churchill stepped in and saved our national honour and Western ...  Read the complete review