{"product_id":"troublesome-young-men-the-rebels-who-brought-churchill-to-power-and-helped-save-england-paperback","title":"Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynne Olson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting history of the daring politicians who challenged the disastrous policies of the British government on the eve of World War II\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn May 7, 1940, the House of Commons began perhaps the most crucial debate in British parliamentary history. On its outcome hung the future of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government and also of Britain--indeed, perhaps, the world. \u003ci\u003eTroublesome Young Men \u003c\/i\u003eis Lynne Olson's fascinating account of how a small group of rebellious Tory MPs defied the Chamberlain government's defeatist policies that aimed to appease Europe's tyrants and eventually forced the prime minister's resignation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome historians dismiss the phony war that preceded this turning point--from September 1939, when Britain and France declared war on Germany, to May 1940, when Winston Churchill became prime minister--as a time of waiting and inaction, but Olson makes no such mistake, and describes in dramatic detail the public unrest that spread through Britain then, as people realized how poorly prepared the nation was to confront Hitler, how their basic civil liberties were being jeopardized, and also that there \u003ci\u003ewere \u003c\/i\u003eintrepid politicians willing to risk political suicide to spearhead the opposition to Chamberlain--Harold Macmillan, Robert Boothby, Leo Amery, Ronald Cartland, and Lord Robert Cranborne among them. The political and personal dramas that played out in Parliament and in the nation as Britain faced the threat of fascism virtually on its own are extraordinary--and, in Olson's hands, downright inspiring.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynne Olson\u003c\/b\u003e, former White House correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe Sun \u003c\/i\u003e(Baltimore), is the author of \u003ci\u003eFreedom's Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-author, with her husband, Stanley Cloud, of \u003ci\u003eA Question of Honor \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Murrow Boys\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48931901931748,"sku":"9780374531331","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0850\/8132\/files\/VjBBaXJ6RWNhdXZndGlCcGdRSXludz09.webp?v=1778847766","url":"https:\/\/triumviratebooks.com\/products\/troublesome-young-men-the-rebels-who-brought-churchill-to-power-and-helped-save-england-paperback","provider":"Triumvirate Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}