{"product_id":"the-end-is-nigh-robert-crowcroft-9780198823698","title":"The End Is Nigh: British Politics, Power, and the Road to the Second World War","description":"Few decades have given rise to such potent mythologies as the 1930s. Popular impressions of those years prior to the Second World War were shaped by the single outstanding personality of that conflict, Winston Spencer Churchill. Churchill depicted himself as a political prophet, exiled into the wilderness prior to 1939 by those who did not want to hear of the growing threats to peace in Europe. Although it is a familiar story, it is one we need to unlearn as the truth is somewhat murkier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe End is Nigh\u003c\/em\u003e is a tale of relentless intrigue, burning ambition, and the bitter rivalry in British politics during the years preceding the Second World War. Journeying from the corridors of Whitehall to the smoking rooms of Parliament, and from aircraft factories to summit meetings with Hitler, the book offers a fresh and provocative interpretation of one of the most crucial moments of British history. It assembles a cast of iconic characters--Churchill, Neville Chamberlain, Stanley Baldwin, Clement Attlee, Anthony Eden, Ernest Bevin, and more--to explore the dangerous interaction between high politics at Westminster and the formulation of national strategy in a world primed to explode. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the twenty-first century we are accustomed to being cynical about politicians, mistrusting what they say and wondering about their real motives, but Robert Crowcroft argues that this was always the character of democratic politics. In \u003cem\u003eThe End is Nigh\u003c\/em\u003e he challenges some of the most resilient public myths of recent decades--myths that, even now, remain an important component of Britain's self-image.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Crowcroft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019882369X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198823698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Robert Crowcroft","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43914247799039,"sku":"9780198823698","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7c1c2c28-f1cc-415d-92e9-d1e351b9617c.jpg?v=1680641197","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-end-is-nigh-robert-crowcroft-9780198823698","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}