Betrayal at Pearl Harbour
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Betrayal at Pearl Harbour by James Rusbridger and Eric Nave.'How Churchill Lured Roosevelt into War.."Shortly before 9pm. (11am in Hawaii) on December 7, 1941, Winston Churchill was at Chequers, his official country house, some 45-five miles north of London in the Chiltern hills. Mrs, Churchill was unwell and had gone to bed, while Churchill was dining with his guests, Averell Harriman, Roosevelt's special envoy, and John Winant, the American ambassador in London. Then Churchill's butler, Saunders, appeared and told the three that the staff had heard on the radio that the Japanese had attacked the Americans at Pearl Harbor. The trio looked at each other incredulously. Churchill jumped to his feet saying, "We shall declare war on Japan,; and immediately went to his office and asked for a call to be put through to Roosevelt. Winant was surprised that Churchill accepted such momentous news so readily, simply on what his butler had told him, without even bothering to contact either Downing Street or the Foreign Office:' don"t you think you'd better get confirmation first?' he asked. 'You cant' declare war on a radio announcement.' But Churchill had no need for that. He had known all the time what had happened. Joyfully, he spoke to Roosevelt and assured him that Britain's declaration of war would follow immediately. "For Churchill it was the grand finale of an enormous gamble. 'So we had won after all!' Churchill was later to write. With the benefit of hindsight, Churchill could claim, nine years later, that he knew the attack on Pearl Harbor assured British victory. But it was much more than that."
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Author:Rusbridger, James & Eric Nave
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Book Condition:Good
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Publisher:Michael O'Mara Books
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Edition:First UK
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Jacket Condition:Good
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Binding:Hard Cover
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Location:S3+
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ISBN:9781854790965
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Size:8vo
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Pages:301
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Publish Date:1991