Winston Churchill
2nd Edition
Published on 29. August 1989
Book
Hardback
724 pages
978-0-333-48696-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this biography of Churchill from birth to death the author considers the soldier and foreign corresponent in India, the Sudan and South Africa, the brilliant young politician of the pre-1914 era who acted as a daring initiator of the Gallipoli and Antwerp campaigns at the start of World War I, his chequered career in the 1920s and his wilderness years in the 1930s and his years as Prime Minister. His subsequent career, in opposition and as Prime Minister for the second time, is surveyed. The author examines the private man, the journalist, historian, painter and family man. The author has written many books including "The Origins of the Labour Party", "The Challenge of Socialism", "Labour and Politics", "Modern Britain", "Britain and the Second World War" and "The Labour Governments".
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Illustrations
illustrations, notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 148 mm
Weight
1010 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-48696-2 (9780333486962)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Henry Pelling
Winston Churchill
E-Book
06/1989
2nd Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€36.99
Available for download
Content
Birth and parentage; schoolboy and cadet; subaltern and war correspondent; Member of Parliament; Colonial Under-secretary; President of the Board of Trade; Home Secretary; First Lord of the Admiralty; early married life; Antwerp and the Dardanelles; Battalion Commander and Opposition Spokesman; munitions; Secretary of State in the post-war coalition; out of Parliament, 1922-4; Chancellor of the Exchequer; private life and public critics, 1918-29; out of office - Indian affairs; the road to war; private life - historian and journalist, 1929-39; First Lord again; the finest hour; the expanding war; 1942, the critical year; from Alamein to Overlord; from D-day to VE-day; the caretaker government and the election, May to July 1945; Leader of the Opposition 1945-49; on the edge of power 1950-1; Prime Minister again 1951-5; in retirement, 1955-65. Appendices: Offices of State held by Churchill; Winston Churchill's books; select list of unpublished sources; select bibliography of books on Churchill.