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Authors: Max Hastings

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199 ‘
nothing dressed up
' Kennedy MS op. cit. 24.8.41

199 ‘
There was a statement
' Hodgson op. cit. p.201 15.8.41

199 ‘
I ought to tell you
' Gilbert
Churchill War Papers
op. cit. vol. iii p.1125 28.8.41

200 ‘
The PM said that after
' Colville op. cit. p.434 30.8.41

200 ‘
He even questioned
' Harvey op. cit. p.39 31.8.41

200 ‘
The attitude of the people
' quoted Lee op. cit. p.376 24.8.41

201 ‘
It will not be possible
' Gilbert
War Papers
op. cit. vol. iii p.1202

201 ‘
plans were worked out
' V.G. Trukhanovsky
Winston Churchill
Progress Publishers Moscow 1978 p.273

203 ‘
the Food Account was
' CAC Churchill Papers CHAR1/379/12-20

204 ‘
Oh, Miss, you'll never guess
' Nel op. cit. pp.43-5

204 ‘
Now run inside
' ibid. p.67

204 ‘
Winston was depressed
' Eden op. cit. 22.9.41

204 ‘
in the event of a collision
' BNA HWI/25

204 ‘
Make sure they have
' Hinsley op. cit. vol. ii appendix 3 p.655

205 ‘
Another Prayer
' CAC Edwards diary REDW2/3 24-25.8.41

206 ‘
There is nothing like
' Kimball op. cit. vol. i p.165 2.11.41

206 ‘
People are wondering
' Harriman op. cit. p.109 20.10.41

207 ‘
Whatever may happen
' Pownall op. cit. vol. ii p.41

207 ‘
Camrose was sufficiently
' quoted Lord Hartwell
William Camrose: Giant of Fleet Street
Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1992 p.316

207 ‘
On the 19th
' CAC Eade Papers 19.11.41

208 ‘
A.E. is much perplexed
' Harvey op. cit. p.48 3.10.41

208 ‘
He said he had no use
' Hankey op. cit. vol. iii 15.10.41

210 ‘
Winston's methods were frequently
' Brooke op. cit. p.192 20.10.41

210 ‘
too much impressed
' Kennedy
The Business of War
op. cit. p.78

211 ‘
his ability to shake himself
' Kennedy MS op. cit. 19.3.42

212 ‘
If they declare war on us
' John G. Winant
A Letter from Grosvenor Square
London 1947 pp.196-7

212 ‘
tired and depressed
' Harriman op. cit. p.111

213 ‘
saturated and satiated
' quoted Reynolds op. cit. p.264

Chapter 8: A Glimpse of Arcadia

214 ‘
Well then, this war is over
' Pierre Billotte
Le Temps des armes
Plon Paris 1972 p.187

214 ‘
We simply can't be beaten
' Nicolson op. cit. p.197 11.12.41

214 ‘
Though I do not wish
' Hodgson op. cit. p.232 9.12.41

214 ‘
While the public are prepared
' BNA INF1/292

218 ‘
I do not know when
'
Speaking for Themselves
op. cit. p.460 21.12.41

220 ‘
All is very good indeed
' ibid. p.461 24.12.41

221 ‘
No one but he
' Harold Macmillan
War Diaries
16.11.43

222 ‘
Senators'…office telephones
'
Washington Post
27.12.41

223 ‘
the greatest orator in the world
' Ickes diary op. cit. 26.12.41

223 ‘
It is a great weight
' Moran op. cit. p.23

224 ‘
to put it on its throne
' Lash op. cit. p.15

224 ‘
“Tommy” clapped her hands
' ibid. p.16

224 ‘
the aura of the office
' Charles Bohlen
Witness to History
Norton 1973 p.210

224 ‘
a patrician democrat whose every
' Amery op. cit. p.882 15.4.43

225 ‘
The difference between
' William Hassett
Off the Record with FDR
Allen & Unwin 1960 p.171

225 ‘
one of the most untidy rooms
' CAC Jacob diary op. cit. JACB1/12

225 ‘
How
do
these people
' Cadogan op. cit. p.586

225 ‘
By the side of the Prime Minister
' CAC Jacob diary op. cit. JACB1/14

225 ‘
They will have first to
' ibid. p.90

227 ‘
They tell me I have
' Ickes diary op. cit. 1.2.42

227 ‘
The time had now come
' WSC
The Second World War
vol. iii p.625

228 ‘
Amery noted wryly
' Amery op. cit. 17.1.42

228 ‘
He wanted to show
' Moran op. cit. p.21

228 ‘
There is bound to be
' Eden op. cit. p.319 28.1.42

229 ‘
There is one lesson
'
Denver Post
6.2.42

229 ‘
It is unfortunate that
'
Chicago Tribune
20.2.42

229 ‘
Who writes Churchill's
'
Time
Book Review section 17.3.41 p.94

230 ‘
Even those closest
' Lash op. cit. p.195

230 ‘
proposed to reshape
' Michael Howard
Books & Bookmen
October 1977

230 ‘
The academic yet sweeping
' Eden op. cit. p.374

231 ‘
My whole system
' ibid. Nov. 1942

231 ‘
The British are evidently
' Stimson diary Sterling Memorial Library Yale 11.1.42

232 ‘
as if these had been swept
' Pogue op. cit. vol. ii p.265

232 ‘
It is odd
' quoted Alex Danchev
Very Special Relationship
Brassey's 1986 p.10

Chapter 9: ‘The Valley of Humiliation'

234 ‘
There seems to be plenty
' Moran op. cit. p.28

235 ‘
with the mentality of
' Brooke op. cit. p.212 19.12.41

235 ‘
We should thank God
' Kennedy
Business of War
op. cit. p.318

235 ‘
The PM is not really interested
' Moran op. cit. p.20

236 ‘
Mr Churchill has been unwilling
'
New Statesman
31.1.42

236 ‘
When Amery wished
' Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper
Forgotten Armies
Penguin 2004 p.234

236 ‘
I think he is
' Harvey op. cit. 9.2.42

236 ‘
The whole reputation
' 9.2.42

237 ‘
Lots of people want
'
Champion Redoubtable: The Diaries of Violet Bonham-Carter
ed. Mark Pottle Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1998 Feb. 1942

237 ‘
Sometimes…the PM is just like a child
' Dalton op. cit. p.368

237 ‘
striding up and down
' Layton Papers quoted Gilbert
The Road to Victory
Heinemann 1986 p.56

238 ‘
Defeatism is in the air
' Garfield op. cit. p.223

238 ‘
I think it is time
' MO report quoted Leonard Mosley
Backs to the Wall
Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1971 p.241

238 ‘
I'm fed up
' Bonham-Carter op. cit. 11.2.42

238 ‘
The nature of his words
' CAC Colville MS diary 16.2.42

239 ‘
We have so many men
' Nicolson op. cit. p.211 12.2.42

239 ‘
But my God, sir
' Pim Papers quoted Gilbert
Road to Victory
op. cit. p.62

239 ‘
If the army cannot fight
' Brooke op. cit. p.231 18.2.42

240 ‘
At the back of his mind
' Harvey op. cit. p.91 5.2.42

240 ‘
We have masses of
' Kennedy MS op. cit. 3.2.42

241 ‘
These simple rules
' Dill to Brooke 5.3.42

242 ‘
This process does not
' Arthur Bryant
The Turn of the Tide
Collins 1957 vol. i p.375

242 ‘
We are indeed walking
' Hopkins Papers Georgetown University Washington DC Box 4 Folder 1 Accession 1 Series 1 correspondence

242 ‘
always been as distant
' Eden op. cit. p.539

243 ‘
fighting to keep their country free
' Cripps BBC broadcast 6.2.42

243 ‘
The talk was very much
' Kennedy MS op. cit. 5.3.42

244 ‘
Although the British are
' Harriman op. cit. p.126

244 ‘
he is always careful
' Moran op. cit. p.32

244 ‘
saddened—appalled by events
' quoted Gilbert
Road to Victory
op. cit. p.69

244 ‘
Poor old P.M.
' Cadogan op. cit. p.440 4.3.42

246 ‘
a pregnant fact
' Roskill op. cit. p.232

247 ‘
I believe that if
' Hansard 16.11.37

248 ‘
I hope you were
' Kimball op. cit. vol. i p.504 1.6.42

248 ‘
As I lay in bed
' Hodgson op. cit. p.407 15.8.43

248 ‘
a considerable commander
' Anthony Montague Browne
Long Sunset
Cassell 1995 p.201

249 ‘
perverse to heap praise
'
New Statesman
28.2.42

249 ‘
The disaster of this policy
' Hansard 24.2.42

249 ‘
can be implemented only
' Kennedy MS op. cit. 31.5.42

250 ‘
a stubborn and obstinate man
' Roskill op. cit. p.130

251 ‘
I find it very difficult
' Kimball op. cit. vol. i p.438

252 ‘
CIGS says WSC is
' Kennedy MS op. cit. 7.4.42

252 ‘
hypothetical post-war problems
' Amery p.785 8.3.42

252 ‘
He does not seem to see
'
New Statesman
11.4.41

252 ‘
It is difficult to find
'
New Statesman
17.1.41

252 ‘
This nation has become
' Kennedy MS op. cit. 23.2.42

253 ‘
lack enthusiasm and interest
' BNA WO163/52 Quarterly Morale Report

253 ‘
that America will emerge
' BNA FO371/30656

253 ‘
When has the Prime Minister
'
Economist
19.12.42

254 ‘
the Britain we hope to build
'
Picture Post
17.1.41

254 ‘
unsatisfactory attitude of the workers
' Amery op. cit. 7.4.42

255 ‘
a strange combination of
' ibid. pp.746 & 750 19.11.41 & 25.11.41

255 ‘
the humiliation of being
' ibid. p.822 27.7.42

255 ‘
lay down arms and accept
' D.G. Tendulkar
Mahatma
vol. v p.291

256 ‘
Anything like a serious difference
' Kimball op. cit. vol. i p.449

256 ‘
We must remember that
' Cadogan op. cit. p.450 7.5.42

257 ‘
The depression following Singapore
' CAC Churchill Papers CHAR1/369/5-8 2.5.42

257 ‘
Everyone feels safer now
' ibid. pp.107-8

258 ‘
there are many people in the USA
' Nicolson op. cit. p.222 15.4.41

258 ‘
One trouble is that
' BNA CAB122/96 7.4.42

258 ‘
It must be accepted that
' Arthur Salter
Slave of the Lamp
Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1967 pp.185-6

Chapter 10: Soldiers, Bosses and ‘Slackers'

259 ‘
I don't know what
' Kennedy MS op. cit. 11.6.42

259 ‘
Our soldiers are the most
' Cadogan op. cit. pp.374 & 389 29.4.41 & 18.6.41

259 ‘
What will happen if
' ibid. p.433 9.2.42

261 ‘
He presents to me
' WSC
Great Contemporaries
Leo Cooper 1990 p.144

261 ‘
We manage by terrific efforts
' Kennedy MS op. cit. 31.7.42

262 ‘
Rommel was an abler general
' Alan Moorehead
African Trilogy
Cassell 1998 p.418

262 ‘
There is a general feeling
' Garfield op. cit. p.260

263 ‘
The feeling is growing that
' ibid. p.212 10.2.42

263 ‘
Maisky, the Russian ambassador
' Dalton op. cit. 18.11.41

263 ‘
Our [career officers] regard [war]
' Pownall op. cit. vol. ii p.98

264 ‘
Petrol, food, NAAFI supplies
' J.K. Stanford
Tail of an Army
Phoenix 1966 p.110 and passim

264 ‘
The Augean stables
' Macmillan op. cit. p.322 8.12.43

265 ‘
All this has a devastating
' Kennedy MS op. cit. 5.3.42

266 ‘
We are going to lose
' Brooke op. cit. p.243 31.3.42

266 ‘
too stupid to be employed
' Harold Macmillan
War Diaries
Macmillan 1984 p.313 2.12.43

266 ‘
These British administrative generals
' ibid. p.347 1.1.44

267 ‘
Following Byng's shooting
' see N.A.M. Rodger
The History of the Royal Navy
vol. ii Penguin 2005

267 ‘
Churchill muttered to Dill
' Kennedy MS op. cit. 5.12.41

267 ‘
I am devoted to Neil
' Brooke op. cit. p.270 22.6.42

267 ‘
Fundamental to many defeats
' David French
Raising Churchill's Army
Oxford 2000 passim

268 ‘
Arm yourself therefore
' quoted Gilbert
Churchill
op. cit. vol. iv p.63

269 ‘
a mere handmaid
' BNA PREM3/499/9 WSC to Attlee 29.7.42

269 ‘
the tendency to bridge over
' M.M. Postan
British War Production
HMSO 1952 p.325

270 ‘
In all its branches
' Moorehead op. cit. p.409

270 ‘
Father, the trouble is
' Eden op. cit. 6.10.42

270 ‘
I love Randolph
' Montague Browne op. cit. p.148

271 ‘
a very daring and skilful
' Hansard 29.1.42

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