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Churchill's empire : the world that made him and the world he made

Churchill's empire : the world that made him and the world he made

Toye, Richard, 1973-
Book 2010

A comprehensive account of Churchill's lifelong involvement with Empire, from his childhood school days to his final premiership in the 1950s. Combining a lightness of touch and surprising detail with expert and insightful hypotheses, and drawing upon a wealth of published and unpublished evidence - from private diaries to African war poetry - Churchill's Empire provides a vivid and dynamic account of a remarkable man and an extraordinary era.

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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Great Britain Colonies History 20th century
Prime ministers Great Britain Biography
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ISBN:
9780230703841
0230703844
Description:
xviii, 423 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Pt. 1. Rationalism and machine guns. Learning to think imperially, 1874-1897
Jolly little wars against barbarous peoples, 1897-1899
A convienent way of seeing the empire, 1899-1901
Pt. 2. Divde et impera! That wild Winston, 1901-1908
The fate of an empire, 1908-1922
Diehard, 1922-2939
Pt. 3. Liquidation. Undismayed against disaster, 1939-1942
Hands off the British Empire, 1942-1945
Once magnificent and still considerable, 1945-1955
Epilogue
Control Number:
690023
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