Winston Churchill: Politics, Strategy and Statecraft

Winston Churchill: Politics, Strategy and Statecraft

Winston Churchill: Politics, Strategy and Statecraft

Winston Churchill: Politics, Strategy and Statecraft

Hardcover

$160.00 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    Qualifies for Free Shipping
  • PICK UP IN STORE
    Check Availability at Nearby Stores

Related collections and offers


Overview

-A collection of short, accessible chapters on the key aspects of Winston Churchill's military and political career and his impact on 20th-century history---

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781474263849
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 01/12/2017
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Richard Toye is Professor of Modern History at the University of Exeter, UK. He has published widely in the field of 19th and 20th-century British and international history, including three books on Winston Churchill.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Richard Toye (University of Exeter, UK)
2. Churchill: The Young Statesman, 1901-1914 David Thackeray (University of Exeter, UK)
3. Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty, 23 October 1911 - 24 May 1915 Martin Thornton, (University of Leeds, UK)
4. Churchill as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1924–9) and the Returban to the Gold Standard Peter Catterall (University of Westminster, UK)
5. Churchill and Labour Chris Wrigley (University of Nottingham, UK)
6. Churchill and the General Strike, 1926 Peter Catterall (University of Westminster, UK)
7. Churchill and Women Paul Addison (University of Edinburgh, UK)
8. Churchill and Empire Richard Toye
9. Churchill and the Islamic World Warren Dockter (University of Cambridge, UK)
10. Churchill and Airpower Richard Overy (University of Exeter, UK)
11. Churchill as Strategist in World War Two Jeremy Black (University of Exeter, UK)
12. The Birth of the Anglo-American 'Special Relationship' David Woolner (Roosevelt Institute)
13. Churchill and Nuclear Weapons Kevin Ruane (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK)
14. Winston Churchill and the Cold War Kevin Ruane
Index

From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews