Winston Churchill: At War and Thinking of War Before 1939

ISBN-13: 9780367662363 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 220 str.

B. J. C. McKercher; Antoine Capet

Opis

This book explores Churchill’s earlier experience in fighting wars as a soldier and politician.

Spis treści

Introduction (B. J. C. McKercher and Antoine Capet) 1. At War on the Nile: What Winston Churchill Learned from the River War (James W. Muller) 2. "A dangerous, if not malignant design": Winston Churchill and the German Naval Challenge before the Great War (John H. Maurer) 3. "By God, I will make them fight!" Winston Churchill and Britain’s Decision for War in 1914 (John W. Young) 4. Churchill's Downfall in 1915: The British Press and the Dardanelles Campaign (Christopher M. Bell) 5. What Churchill and de Gaulle Learned from the Great War (Will Morrissey) 6. The Limitations of the Politician-Historian: Winston Churchill, Rearmament, Appeasement, and the Origins of the Second World War (B. J. C. McKercher) 7. Winston Churchill and the Golden Age of Journalism (Richard Toye) 8. Winston Churchill, France and the Middle East (Warren Dockter)

O autorze

B.J.C. McKercher is Professor of History at the University of Victoria, Canada.

Antoine Capet is Professor of British Studies at the University of Rouen, France.