The New York Times Book Review called John Charmley's previous book on Winston Churchill "entertaining, informative, and infuriating." With equally impressive scholarship, eloquence, and wit, Charmley now turns to the Anglo-American "special relationship" that was the cornerstone of Churchill's foreign policy, ruthlessly stripping away the myth to reveal the unsentimental reality of the Churchill years and beyond, from 1940 to 1957. Churchill carried on the war because of his misguided faith that U.S. help could be enlisted to save the British Empire, contends Charmley. President Roosevelt,...
The New York Times Book Review called John Charmley's previous book on Winston Churchill "entertaining, informative, and infuriating." With equally im...
Most studies of World War II assume that it was, in some way, a triumph for Britain. John Charmley s important new reappraisal of the immediate origins of the war is based on extensive new work in the Chamberlain papers. It starts from Chamberlain s belief that even a victorious war would be a disaster it would destroy the foundations of British power and hand over Europe to Russian domination. Reconstructing Chamberlain s policy assumptions, Mr. Charmley argues that they were neither naive nor foolish. While focusing on the prime minister s personality, he also shows that Chamberlain s views...
Most studies of World War II assume that it was, in some way, a triumph for Britain. John Charmley s important new reappraisal of the immediate origin...
