Churchill : a life

Churchill A life

Martin Gilbert, 1936-

Book - 1991

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Subjects
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965.
Prime ministers > Great Britain > Biography.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 20th century.
Published
New York : Holt c1991.
Language
English
Main Author
Martin Gilbert, 1936- (-)
Physical Description
1066 p. : photos, maps
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9780712667258
9780805006155
  • Illustrations
  • List of Maps
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Childhood
  • 2. Harrow
  • 3. Towards the Army
  • 4. Second Lieutenant
  • 5. In Action
  • 6. To Omdurman and beyond
  • 7. South Africa: Adventure, Capture, Escape
  • 8. Into Parliament
  • 9. Revolt and Responsibilities
  • 10. The Social Field
  • 11. Home Secretary
  • 12. At the Admiralty
  • 13. The Coming of War in 1914
  • 14. War
  • 15. Isolation and Escape
  • 16. In the Trenches
  • 17. 'Deep and Ceaseless Torments'
  • 18. Minister of Munitions
  • 19. At the War Office
  • 20. Colonial Secretary
  • 21. Return to the Wilderness
  • 22. At the Exchequer
  • 23. Out of Office
  • 24. The Moment of Truth
  • 25. No Place for Churchill
  • 26. From Munich to War
  • 27. Return to the Admiralty
  • 28. Prime Minister
  • 29. Britain at Bay
  • 30. The Widening War
  • 31. Planning for Victory
  • 32. Illness and Recovery
  • 33. Normandy and Beyond
  • 34. War and Diplomacy
  • 35. 'Advance, Britannia!'
  • 36. 'An Iron Curtain'
  • 37. Mapping the Past, Guiding the Future
  • 38. Prime Minister in Peacetime
  • 39. Recovery, Last Ambition, Resignation
  • 40. Last Years
  • Maps
  • Index
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Following up his eight-volume official biography of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Gilbert offers this 1000-page summary that is basically a distillation of all he has written about his subject up to now. Related in strict chronological fashion, it is a full and rounded examination of Churchill's life, both in its personal and political aspects. Gilbert lays particular stress on the extraordinary vitality and boldness that characterized Churchill's overlapping careers as soldier, journalist, parliamentarian, cabinet minister (he held eight cabinet posts before his appointment as prime minister in 1940), statesman and historian. Gilbert describes the painful decade of Churchill's political exile (1929-1939) and shows how it strengthened him and prepared him for his role in the ``hour of supreme crisis'' as Britain's wartime leader. A lucid, comprehensive and authoritative life of the man considered by many to have been the outstanding public figure of the 20th century. Photos. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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