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Winston Churchill and Mackenzie King, so similar, so different, Terry Reardon ; forward by John N. Turner

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Terry Reardon ; forward by John N. Turner

so similar, so different

Born just two weeks apart in 1874, Winston Churchill and William Lyon Mackenzie King took different paths to achieve their objective of a parliamentary career, Churchill through military exploits and King through academic excellence. The Second World War brought the two leaders closer together, and this book traces the story of their relationship

1 The Early Years -- 2 The Edwardian Decade: 1900-1910 -- 3 Mixed Fortunes: 1911-1921 -- 4 Chanak -- 5 The Decline of the Empire and the Birth of the Commonwealth -- 6 Opposition and the Rumblings of War -- 7 The Coming of War -- 8 At War -- 9 Fighting for Their Lives -- 10 The Tiger and Her Cubs -- 11 The Eagle Flaps Its Wings -- 12 Mr. King Goes to London -- 13 So We Had Won After All! -- 14 The Thirty-Minute Invasion -- 15 Truly a World War -- 16 Dieppe -- 17 Churchill Disappointed with Canada- Twice! -- 18 Progress at Last -- 19 Back to the Continent -- 20 Quadrant Conference -- 21 The Big Three Meet -- 22 Planning for D-Day -- 23 France Revenged -- 24 Conscription Is Necessary -- 25 The End and the Beginning -- 26 Peace but the Bear Growls -- 27 The Cold War Starts in Ottawa and Heats Up in Fulton -- 28 Mackenzie King Breaks Record, Churchill Lays Path for Europe -- 29 A New World Order: Standing Up to the Reds -- 30 The End of an Era -- Epilogue -- Chronology of Churchill and King to July 1950