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INDEX
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Acheson, Dean, 61
adversity, 81–82, 84–85
Aitken, Max, see Lord Beaverbrook
Alanbrooke, Lord, 62, 72, 75–78, 94, 112, 115, 125–27, 138, 143–45, 147, 148, 151–52, 157–59, 161–64
Churchill and, 72–79, 115, 125, 143–44, 157, 164, 172–73
Albert, Prince, 11
Alexander, Harold, 73, 153–55
Alexandra, Queen, 11, 14
Alfonso XIII, King, 178
Alice, Princess, Grand Duchess of Hesse, 11
Amery, Leo, 16–17, 146
Anderson, John, 79–80
appeasement, 49, 50, 58, 67
Chamberlain and, 1, 48, 50–53, 55
Churchill and, 8, 47, 48, 66
Astley, Joan, 80
Astor, Nancy, 13
Attlee, Clement, 178, 179
Auchinleck, Claude, 73
Bagehot, Walter, 67
Bahamas, 146
Baldwin, Stanley, 37, 40–41, 43–45, 47, 49, 83
Baruch, Bernard, 63
Beaverbrook, Lord, 39, 62, 63, 95, 178
Berlin, Isaiah, 20, 89
Bevan, Aneurin, 71
Bevin, Ernest, 66
Birkenhead, Lord, 62, 63, 68
Bismarck, Otto von, 64
Bonham Carter, Violet, 18–19
Bowes-Lyon, David, 162
Bowes-Lyon, Elizabeth, see Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Bracken, Brendan, 3–4, 62, 63, 94
Brooke, Alan, see Lord Alanbrooke
Bryant, Arthur, 75
Bullitt, William, 122–23
Bush, George W., 61
Canada, 122–24
Cannadine, David, xiii
Chamberlain, Joseph, 40
Chamberlain, Neville, 47, 49, 51–52, 58–59, 107, 109, 111
appeasement and, 1, 48, 50–53, 55
character of, 51
Churchill and, 2–6, 48, 59, 109–11
George VI and, 49, 52, 54–55
Halifax and, 2–8
Hitler and, 50–53, 55
resignation of, x, 1–7
Channon, Henry “Chips,” 39, 43–44, 52, 54, 63, 146
Cheney, Dick, 61
Cherwell , Lord, 62, 63, 170
Churchill, Clementine (wife of Winston), 20, 65, 80, 90, 103, 138
marriage of, 27
Churchill, Jeanette (Lady Randolph; mother of Winston), 12–13, 19, 21, 23
Churchill, John (ancestor of Winston), see Duke of Marlborough
Churchill, John (brother of Winston), 12
Churchill, Marigold (daughter of Winston), 27
Churchill, Mary (daughter of Winston), 80
Churchill, Lord Randolph (father of Winston), 11–12, 17, 21, 27, 39, 97, 103, 177
death of, 17
Churchill, Randolph (son of Winston), 4–5, 80, 119
Churchill, Sarah (daughter of Winston), 80
Churchill, Winston:
Allied victory and, 173–75
appeasement opposed by, 8, 47, 48
appointed prime minister, x, 1–9, 109, 112
aristocracy as viewed by, 29
bathing of, 91, 104
in Big Three, 109–10, 142–43, 157
birth of, 11–12
Brooke and, 72–79, 115, 125, 143–44, 157, 164, 172–73
Chamberlain and, 2–6, 48, 59, 109–11
character of, 83–84, 86–87, 89–105
childhood of, 16–17, 19, 21, 28, 45
civilian aides to, 80
Conservative Party and, 27, 37, 44, 47, 109, 145
Dardanelles campaign and, 30–31, 111
D-Day and, 163–70, 179
death of, 183
Dill and, 71–73
education of, 18–19, 21
Edward VIII and, 37, 39–40
Edward VIII’s abdication and, 40–41, 44, 47, 65, 66
in election of 1945, 177–79
family background of, 12, 21
family relationships of, 80
as First Lord of the Admiralty, 30–31, 59, 66, 107
friendships of, 62–63, 68
George VI’s correspondence with, ix, 136–37, 150–51, 153–56, 164, 166–69
George VI’s death and, 182–83
George VI’s weekly meetings with, 85, 93, 117, 155
Halifax and, 70, 73, 126, 156
at Harrow, 16–17, 19
history as approached by, 90–91
as Home Secretary, 29–30, 93
in interwar years, 37–46
marriage of, 27
medals and titles of, 102–3
as Military Co-ordination Committee chairman, 109
military service of, 19, 23–27
military strategy and, 76–78, 126–27, 142–47, 163–64
as Minister of Defence, 70, 109, 146, 167, 168
as monarchist, 39, 65–66
painting hobby of, 104–5, 176
in Parliament, 27–28, 47
physical constitution of, 91–94
political ambitions of, 27, 40, 46
political past and reputation of, 8, 31, 37, 180
political temperament of, 27–28, 37, 39, 44
reentry into government, 59, 66, 107
relationship with father, 17, 21
Roosevelt and, 62, 72, 90, 91, 94, 121–23, 158, 163, 170
Roosevelt’s death and, 173
Roosevelt’s wartime meetings with, 138–39, 141, 147
senior commanders and, 70–76, 79, 86
sleeping, smoking, drinking, and eating habits of, 100–101
speeches of, 95–96
Stalin and, 61, 148–49, 158, 171
Stalin presented with sword by, 157–58
warnings about Hitler and Germany, 48, 53–54
women as viewed by, 13
World War I and, 27, 30–32
writing of, 17, 19–20, 24–25, 48, 95, 108, 135, 178
at Yalta conference, 171–72
young adulthood of, 23, 28, 45
Colefax, Sibyl, 38
Colville, John “Jock,” 80, 92, 96, 98, 102, 105, 118, 123, 127, 138, 146–47, 172, 182
Conservative Party, 27, 37, 44, 47, 109, 145, 158
Cooper, Duff, 31
Cromwell, Oliver, 66
Cunard, Emerald, 38–39
Cunningham, Andrew, 79
Curie, Eve, 118
Czechoslovakia, 1, 53, 55–56
Darlan, Jean-François, 115–16
Davidson, J. C. C., 33
de Gaulle, Charles, 154, 171
Dill, John, 71–73, 75, 115, 139, 142, 158–59
Disraeli, Benjamin, 64, 97
Eden, Anthony, 52, 79, 90, 94, 171, 172
Edward VII, King, 9, 11, 14, 23, 38, 66
Edward VIII, see Duke of Windsor
Egypt, 150, 152, 155
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 124, 164–65, 173
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, 53, 66, 118, 161–62, 171, 173
bombed areas toured by, 129–31
marriage of, 33–35
Roosevelt and, 122–23
Elizabeth II, Queen, 41, 80, 161–62, 173, 175, 182
birth of, 34
Fisher, John, 72
Fitzherbert, Maria, 65
France, 53–54, 176
Allied invasion of, 163–70
fall of, 116
liberation of Paris, 171
in World War II, 112–17, 119, 143, 145, 148, 154, 163–71
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, 25
French, John, 68
Gamelin, Maurice, 114
George IV, King, 65
George V, King, 9, 13–15, 20, 23, 26, 38, 64–65, 69, 147, 167
character of, 14–15, 99
George VI’s relationship with, 15, 21, 32–35
illness and death of, 35
World War I and, 1, 15, 25
George VI, King:
Allied victory and, 173–75
“Bertie” nickname, 14
birth of, 11
bombed areas toured by, 129–31
bravery of, 67–68
Chamberlain and, 49, 52, 54–55
character of, 15–16, 18, 20, 68–69, 83, 84, 91, 92, 97–100, 103–4
childhood of, 15–18, 21, 45, 97
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Churchill’s correspondence with, ix, 136–37, 150–51, 153–56, 164, 166–69
Churchill’s weekly meetings with, 85, 93, 117, 155
death of, 182–83
education of, 18, 20, 21
Edward VIII compared with, 13, 15
Edward VIII’s abdication and, 41–42
family background of, 13–14, 21
family relationships of, 80
friendships of, 63, 68
Halifax and, 2–3, 7, 49, 117, 132
Hitler and, 54
in interwar years, 37–46
marriage of, 33–35, 103
naval service of, 25–27, 32–33, 43, 49, 97
and outbreak of World War II, 57–58
physical limitations and ill health of, 15, 20, 21, 25, 26, 32, 91, 92, 181–82
radio broadcasts of, 159–60, 169–70, 174
relationship with father, 15, 21, 32–35
Roosevelt and, 122–24, 138–39, 151
speeches of, 95, 97
stammer of, 15, 18, 20, 95, 97
throne assumed by, 42–46
World War I and, 32–33
Germany, 48–49, 59, 146–47, 155
Churchill’s warnings about, 48, 53–54
invasions by, 1, 5, 57, 112, 135, 141–42, 147–48
rockets of, 170–71
Soviet Union and, 135, 141–42
Gladstone, William Ewart, 181
Gloucester, Duke of, 146
Goering, Hermann, 126
Haakon VII, King, 132
Halifax, Lord, 2–8, 49, 50, 53, 54, 72, 73, 124, 139–40, 143, 146, 175
Churchill and, 70, 73, 126, 156
George VI and, 2–3, 7, 49, 117, 132
Hamilton, Duke of, 82
Hardinge, Lord, 59
Harriman, W. Averell, 62, 140–41
Hastings, Max, xii
Hemingway, Ernest, 82
Hess, Rudolf, 82
Hitler, Adolf, 52–53, 101, 113, 120, 122, 125, 146–47, 176
appeasement of, see appeasement
Chamberlain and, 50–53, 55
Churchill’s warnings about, 48, 53–54
George VI and, 54
Hopkins, Harry, 61, 62, 121, 124, 138, 140, 147, 148
Hore-Belisha, Leslie, 146
House, Edward M., 61
Hull, Cordell, 139–40
Ismay, Hastings, 74–75, 78–79, 94, 102, 113–14, 165, 173
Italy, 156–57
Japan, 140–41, 144
Jenkins, Roy, 29, 31, 181
Jerome, Leonard, 12
Kalinin, Mikhail, 109
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