{"product_id":"troublesome-young-men-the-rebels-who-brought-churchill-to-power-and-helped-save-england","title":"Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England","description":"\u003cp\u003eA riveting history of the daring politicians who challenged the disastrous policies of the British government on the eve of World War II On 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 Chamberlains government and also of Britain--indeed  perhaps  the world. Troublesome Young Men is Lynne Olsons fascinating account of how a small group of rebellious Tory MPs defied the Chamberlain governments defeatist policies that aimed to appease Europes tyrants and eventually forced the prime ministers resignation.  Some 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 were intrepid 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 Olsons hands  downright inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946714132533,"sku":"ByrdShop_0374179549","price":27.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780374179540.jpg?v=1769962731","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/troublesome-young-men-the-rebels-who-brought-churchill-to-power-and-helped-save-england","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}