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Bookplate inserted; inscribed in black ink on front endpaper: “The Right Honourable R.G. Menzies, Premier of Australia. Presented by the author with his compliments and admiration as a souvenir of your visit to Ottawa. S. Rupert Broadfoot. “The Bothan”, 95 Victoria Street, Ottawa, Canada, August, 21st, 1941.” Written underneath inscription in pencil: “(see pages 28 and 103)”. Page 28 has photograph of Winston Churchill. Page 103 has paragraph related to Menzies: “”We Shall Win,” Menzies Tells Canadian Club” [/] “Everyone in the British Empire knows we are at war, but we have not yet all realized that we are in the deadliest and most dangerous war in our history,” declared Prime Minister Robert Menzies of Australia to the Canadian Club of Ottawa today. “We shall win,” he added. [/] Mr Menzies declared that he distrusted two classes of people – the defeatists and the idle optimists. Both did immeasurable harm and the war would not be won by either. [/] Referring to the actual struggle Mr. Menzies said that while the Empire had experienced some grave moments and some inspired moments during the war its greatest triumph of all had been in “extricating ourselves from utter defeat.””