'Unsinkable': Churchill and the First World War

by Richard Freeman

Overview

‘Unsinkable’ is the story of a man unjustly vilified: Churchill in the First World War. His enemies – the Tory Party – censured him for Antwerp, the Dardanelles and Gallipoli. He could do no right and was regarded as a dangerous maniac. But the true story is quite the opposite.This book tells how, as a brilliant First Lord of the Admiralty, Churchill was ousted by his enemies yet clawed his way back to power against all odds. He was the leading critic of senselessly sending men to march towards machine guns, but his calls for ‘machines, not men’ went unheeded. After a spell in the trenches, he returned to London to clear his name over the Dardanelles. Then he relentlessly fought his way back to power through his brilliant, incisive criticism of the land war. Churchill finally became Munitions Minister in 1917, where he pushed output to unimagined levels. His weapons delivered the victory that had eluded others for the previous three years.Drawing on the private correspondence of Asquith, Churchill, Clementine Churchill and others, and the diaries of Riddell and Hobhouse, author Richard Freeman tells the story of the 'unsinkable politician’ and his extraordinary achievements during the Great War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780752498898
Publisher:	Spellmount, Limited Publishers
Publication date:	10/01/2013
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Richard Freeman has written more than 60 books, including The Great Edwardian Naval Feud.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Prelude 9

Chapter 1 In a Belgian field 11

Chapter 2 From sandcastles to steel castles 14

Chapter 3 The elusive foe 29

Chapter 4 Exit First Sea Lord 49

Chapter 5 The dynamic duo 70

Chapter 6 The Dardanelles 86

Chapter 7 Fisher wavers 104

Chapter 8 The revenge of the Tories 118

Chapter 9 Bystander 127

Chapter 10 In search of a battalion 143

Chapter 11 In search of a role 158

Chapter 12 Publish and be saved 173

Chapter 13 Return to power 189

Chapter 14 Machines, not men 202

Chapter 15 The last push 222

Epilogue 239

Key players 242

Works consulted 246

Notes 250

Index 268