The Men Around Churchill

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Rene Kraus. The Men Around Churchill

The Men Around Churchill

Table of Contents

PREFACE

PART ONE

Enigma. LORD HALIFAX

Prince Charming. ANTHONY EDEN

Churchill’s Man Friday. SIR ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR

Miraculous Metamorphosis. SIR KINGSLEY WOOD

PART TWO

Boss. ERNEST BEVIN

Lord of London. HERBERT MORRISON

The Gentleman Vanishes. CLEMENT ATTLEE

A Lord Who Rules the Water. ALBERT VICTOR ALEXANDER

Empire Builder, New Style. ARTHUR GREENWOOD

PART THREE

The King’s First Soldier. SIR JOHN GREER DILL

The General and the Desert. GENERAL SIR ARCHIBALD WAVELL

PART FOUR

A Canadian Yankee at King George’s Court. LORD BEAVERBROOK

Ambassador Most Extraordinary. SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS

PART FIVE

The Life of King George VI

INDEX

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René Kraus

Published by Good Press, 2021

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Determinedly the Viceroy resisted Communist infiltration, which offended his fundamental humanitarian feeling. “We shall very certainly fail if we permit ourselves to forget that individual personality is the strongest and the most securely rooted element in all human nature,” he declared. The bills which he introduced in the Indian Parliament in 1929 provided for energetic measures against men and money from Moscow.

But these prohibitory measures were only part of the reforms he introduced. He believed in fighting communism by fighting poverty. As an agrarian expert, he was shocked by the primitive methods of farming that still prevailed in India. He established the Central Council for Agricultural Research, which subsequently did a great deal for the improvement of farming conditions. But soil cultivation was not enough. India should not remain forever a mere producer of raw materials. Lord Halifax did a great job in promoting the industrialization of India.

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