Dinner with Churchill : policy-making at the dinner table /
Stelzer, Cita.
Dinner with Churchill : policy-making at the dinner table / Cita Stelzer. - 1st Pegasus books cloth ed. - New York : Pegasus Books : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 2013, ©2012. - xvi, 338 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical reference (pages 309-320) and index.
Introduction / Andrew Roberts -- The importance of dinners -- Meeting off Newfoundland August 1941 -- Christmas in the White House December 1941 -- January 1942 -- Dinners in Moscow August 1942 -- Adana January 1943 -- Teheran November 1943 -- Yalta February 1945 -- Meeting at Potsdam July 1945 -- From Fulton to Bermuda: the limits of dinner-table diplomacy -- Food -- Champagne, whisky and brandy -- Cigars -- Rationing -- Dinners -- Endnotes.
A colorful and eloquent look at Churchill as he has never been seen before. With fascinating new insights into the food he ate, the champagne he loved, and the important guests he charmed, this delectable volume is a sumptuous and intellectual treat.
9781605985299 1605985295
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Policy sciences--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.
Dinner with Churchill : policy-making at the dinner table / Cita Stelzer. - 1st Pegasus books cloth ed. - New York : Pegasus Books : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 2013, ©2012. - xvi, 338 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical reference (pages 309-320) and index.
Introduction / Andrew Roberts -- The importance of dinners -- Meeting off Newfoundland August 1941 -- Christmas in the White House December 1941 -- January 1942 -- Dinners in Moscow August 1942 -- Adana January 1943 -- Teheran November 1943 -- Yalta February 1945 -- Meeting at Potsdam July 1945 -- From Fulton to Bermuda: the limits of dinner-table diplomacy -- Food -- Champagne, whisky and brandy -- Cigars -- Rationing -- Dinners -- Endnotes.
A colorful and eloquent look at Churchill as he has never been seen before. With fascinating new insights into the food he ate, the champagne he loved, and the important guests he charmed, this delectable volume is a sumptuous and intellectual treat.
9781605985299 1605985295
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Policy sciences--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.