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Great courses (DVD)Manchester, William
Summary: "This second volume in William Manchester's three-volume biography of Winston Churchill challenges the assumption that Churchill's finest hour was as a wartime leader. During the years 1932-1940, he was tested as few men are. Pursued by creditors (at one point he had to put up his home for sale), he remained solvent only by writing an extraordinary number of books and magazine articles. He was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHURCHILL, WINSTON MANPhillips, Adrian
Summary: A radically new view of the British policy of appeasement in the late 1930s, identifying the individuals responsible for a variety of miscalculations and moral surrender that made World War II inevitable. Appeasement failed in all its goals. The kindest thing that can be said of it is that postponed World War II by one year. Its real effect was to convince Hitler and Mussolini that Britain was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.084 PHIBouverie, Tim
Summary: "A new history of the British appeasement of the Third Reich on the eve of World War II"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.41 BOURonald, Susan
Summary: "Acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald reveals the truth about Joseph P. Kennedy's shockingly controversial tenure as Ambassador to Great Britain on the eve of World War II. On February 18, 1938, Joseph P. Kennedy was sworn in as US Ambassador to the Court ofSt. James. To say his appointment to the most prestigious and strategic diplomatic post in the world shocked the Establishment was an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, JOSEPH P. RONGilbert, Martin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stoddart 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.08 GILSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Olson, Lynne.
Summary: The behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, Averell Harriman, and John Gilbert Winant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.541 OLSCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars OlsonHamilton, Nigel
Summary: "Nigel Hamilton's Mantle of Command drew on years of archival research and interviews to portray FDR in a tight close up, as he determined Allied strategy in the crucial initial phases of World War II. Commander in Chief reveals the astonishing sequel--suppressed by Winston Churchill in his memoirs--of Roosevelt's battles with Churchill to maintain that strategy. Roosevelt knew that the Allies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016