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Item: THE WOMAN WHO CENSORED CHURCHILL by RUTH IVE.
1st Edition!!!
160 page hardback book (22.5cm x 14cm) published by The History Press 2008.
Content: This is a mint condition 2008 1st edition of The Woman Who Censored Churchill by Ruth Ive.
Dust-jacket reads:
The Second World War was a period when communication between the Allies had to be subjected to the utmost secrecy. By the 1940's, all telephone cables between Britain and North America had been disconnected to prevent the Germans intercepting information as it passed across the Atlantic.
But one remaining transatlantic hotline existed at this time - that between Winston Churchill and his American counterpart Franklin D. Roosevelt. Reserved for conversations of the utmost importance between key political figures, heads of state and the royal family, this top secret communication link nevertheless had to be closely monitored to ensure nothing was said that might compromise security. Ruth Ive, then a young stenographer working in the Ministry of Information, had the job of censoring the line, and she spent three and a half years of the war listening in to conversations across the Atlantic, ready to cut the line if anything was said that might pose a security risk. In this remarkable history of the secret wartime communication between Britain and the US, the woman who censored the line tells her story for the very first time.
Such was the secret nature of Ruth's work, at the end of the war all documentation proving the existence of the telephone line was destroyed. Ruth never even received written instructions for the job. It was not until 1995, when Churchill's private files were finally declassified, that Ruth was able to research her story and prove the extraordinary nature of her wartime work. Now, in her ninetieth year, one of the Second World War's key workers describes the details of her incredible story, and the private conversations of the war's most important players can be revealed.
Illustrated with photographs.
Additional information: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He served as Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, historian, writer, and artist. He is the only British Prime Minister who has ever received the Nobel Prize in Literature and only the second person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States. During his army career, Churchill saw action in India, in the Sudan and the Second Boer War. He gained fame and notoriety as a war correspondent and through contemporary books he wrote describing the campaigns. He also served briefly in the British Army on the Western Front in World War I, commanding the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers.
At the forefront of the political scene for almost fifty years, he held many political and cabinet positions. Before the First World War, he served as President of the Board of Trade, Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty as part of the Asquith Liberal government. During the war he continued as First Lord of the Admiralty until the disastrous Gallipoli Campaign caused his departure from government. He returned as Minister of Munitions, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for Air. In the interwar years, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Conservative government.
After the outbreak of the Second World War, Churchill was again appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. Following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain on 10 May 1940, he became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and led Britain to victory against the Axis powers. Churchill was always noted for his speeches, which became a great inspiration to the British people and embattled Allied forces. After losing the 1945 election, he became Leader of the Opposition. In 1951, he again became Prime Minister before finally retiring in 1955. Upon his death, the Queen granted him the honour of a state funeral, which saw one of the largest assemblies of statesmen in the world.
Ruth Ive was censor for the Transatlantic Telephone Link during the Second World War. After the war she worked as a journalist, married and had two sons. She lives in London.
Condition: Mint Condition.
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