{"product_id":"the-prime-ministers-burden-gordon-j-mackenzie-9798274820509","title":"The Prime Minister's Burden: Winston Churchill and the Hard Road from Dunkirk to Defeat at the Polls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe saved his country from defeat - and then his country voted him out.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinston Churchill is immortalised as the bulldog of 1940: the man of Dunkirk, the Blitz and \"we shall never surrender.\" But behind the speeches and the myth was a prime minister carrying a far heavier load than most people ever see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Prime Minister's Burden: Winston Churchill and the Hard Road from Dunkirk to Defeat at the Polls\u003c\/b\u003e follows Churchill from the moment he entered Downing Street in May 1940 through the crises that defined his premiership - and the shock of being thrown out by the voters in 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll see him: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eFighting the Battle of Britain and enduring the Blitz while U-boats try to starve Britain into surrender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eGambling in North Africa from Tobruk to El Alamein, and battling the Americans over when and where to invade Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalking a tightrope between Roosevelt and Stalin at Tehran and Yalta, knowing Soviet tanks will decide the fate of half of Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanding on the balcony for VE Day - then losing a landslide election to Clement Attlee weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't hagiography and it isn't a hit job. It's a clear, narrative look at a leader who got the biggest questions mostly right, many others badly wrong, and discovered that even victory doesn't guarantee gratitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Prime Ministers' Burden\u003c\/b\u003e series tells the story of Britain's leaders not as marble statues, but as fallible humans under extreme pressure. This first volume captures Churchill at his highest and lowest - from \"blood, toil, tears and sweat\" to the quiet moment when the country decided the future belonged to someone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon J. MacKenzie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798274820509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Gordon J. MacKenzie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48242042994943,"sku":"9798274820509","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c92a30a7-91fd-401f-af55-c13b3a57ac90.jpg?v=1772657218","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-prime-ministers-burden-gordon-j-mackenzie-9798274820509","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}