 | Ronald St. John MacDonald - 1994 - 978 страница
...to Roosevelt in November 1942 in the deliberations of how the post-war world was to be restructured "I have not become the King's First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire".90 13 Asia — Full Membership of the Family of Nations Despite the intention of the European... | |
 | Warren F. Kimball - 1998 - 440 страница
...of war."sl Churchill's celebration was premature. He managed to live up to his famous statement — "I have not become the King's First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire" — but he did preside over the events that made the end of that empire inevitable. A few weeks later... | |
 | Thomas E. Griess, Thomas B. Buell - 2002 - 446 страница
...and balance of power. two ways to stem the British descent from greatness. Understandablv . he had not become the King's first minister "to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire." Also understandable was his agreement with Rtxisevelt at Casablanca to consign Germany to total defeat... | |
 | Paul Gordon Lauren - 2003 - 418 страница
...sacrificing on behalf of the war effort, he declared in a widely quoted response: "We mean to hold our own. l have not become the King's First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire."12 Even when passing through Allied Africa, US military commanders continued to reveal their... | |
 | Jean E. Krasno - 2004 - 460 страница
...had not had time to clear it with the prime minister. Churchill shouted that he had not been elected the king's first minister "to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire." Roosevelt, who was presiding, had to call for a recess. Churchill was simply fuming. Hiss was asked... | |
 | Horst Hutter - 2006 - 1978 страница
...proclaimed (in a "Report on the war situation" to the House of Commons, 1 1 November 1942) that he had not become the King's First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. Churchill proved as good as his word. In 1945, the extent of Britain's territorial influence was even... | |
 | Caroline Elkins - 2005 - 502 страница
...from the dislike of India's independence in 1947 to the prime minister's famous position that "he had not become the King's First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire."52 The new colonial secretary had no intention of facilitating selfgovernment in any of Britain's... | |
 | Bonny Ibhawoh - 2008 - 244 страница
...British Empire. "Let there be no mistake in any quarter," he proclaimed, "we intend to hold what we have. I have not become the King's First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire."41 To further complicate matters, a different and contrasting interpretation of the charter... | |
 | Trevor Lloyd - 2006 - 270 страница
...Churchill probably revealed more of his own assessment of the situation when he declared that he had not become the king's first minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. 9 Liquidation became steadily more likely as Britain had to draw on its credit, moral as well as material,... | |
 | Kalu Ezera - 358 страница
...immediately retorted :' ' That there be no mistake in any quarter, we intend to hold what we have. I have not become the King's first Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. ' But not everyone in Britain shared Churchill's view. The Times welcomed American criticism thus :2... | |
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I have not become the King's first Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. 
