Fatal Fortnight: Arthur Ponsonby and the Fight for British Neutrality 1914 by Duncan Marlor
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Overview: Much has been published about how Britain’s ruling circle came to its decision for war in 1914 but little about what rank and file Members of Parliament thought and did as the continental ‘Armageddon’ drew closer. Fatal Fortnight tells the story of Arthur Ponsonby, and his backbench Liberal Foreign Affairs Committee. The book describes the suspense around Parliament as the skies darkened. It tells how, after the Foreign Secretary made his proposal that Britain should go in, Ponsonby’s friend Philip Morrell stood up and called for a general debate, in the teeth of the fury of those who wanted Britain to get straight into the war. It describes how the neutralists, led by Ponsonby, made their passionate case in the fateful hours as Britain hung between peace and war.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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