Troublesome Young Men ~ by Lynne Olson ~ April Book Club Online

[HaroldArnold]

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Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power by Lynne Olson

The 1930's.  Depression years . Tough times for America.  The nation was self absorbed and little concerned in what was going in Europe.

And what was going on in Europe?  In England there was little interest in confronting the menace of Hitler and his invasion of neighboring countries.

The question is why?  Perhaps you think you know?  Not really, not until you read this book.  

Lynne Olson writes a story that comes alive with the history of England during one of its most perilous periods and bring us a fascinating tale of  TROUBLESOME YOUNG MEN, highly ambitious, powerful, wealthy young men, with their love of life, their love affairs, who put their careers in jeopardy to oust the old and bring in a new government willing to face the evil that was upon them.

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Discussion Leaders:  Ella and Harold

Reading Schedule

April l-8          Chapters 1-5
April 9-15       Chapters 6-10
April 16-22     Chapters 11-15
April 23-30     Chapters 16-end

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It just occurred to me!  Today May 10, 2010 is the 70th anniversary of Winston Churchill's becoming P.M.  Interesting isn't it that on this anniversary date the Parliament is again involved in choosing a P.M.  As I read the news from the morning WSJ they are having considerable trouble reaching a workable coalition agreement.  The discussion between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats seem hung up on several party sensitive wickets.  There appears real possibility of a possible coalition between Labor and  Liberals.  

[marcie]

Harold, there is an interesting article along similar lines at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f8c94e0-5c4f-11df-93f6-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss. It will be interesting to see which coalition emerges.

[JoanK]

"Coalition of this type tends not to last long leading to a new General Election before the expiration of the five year term".

The system works well in Israel, where you would never get a majority to agree on anything. All of their governments have been coilition governments.

[HaroldArnold]

Well it took 5 days of negotiations to do it, but finally the Brits have a new Government,  David Cameron has visited the Queen and he and his family has moved in at #10 Downing street.  I wish the  new Government good luck and success, but the signs don't seem to favor lonevity.

This discussion of "Troublesome Young Men has been  in my view a great success because of the high caliber inputs of the almost 20 people from four different nations who have participated.  Thank you everyone!

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