The Cambridge companion to Winston Churchill /

Viewed by some as the saviour of his nation, and by others as a racist imperialist, who was Winston Churchill really, and how has he become such a controversial figure? Combining the best of established scholarship with important new perspectives, this Companion places Churchill's life and lega...

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Other Authors: Packwood, Allen (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023
Series:Cambridge companions.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Who Was Winston Churchill? / Allen Packwood
  • Churchill's Contested History / Warren Dockter and Allen Packwood
  • The Inheritance of Winston Churchill / David Lough
  • Learning Lessons: Lieutenant Churchill and Military Intelligence / Warren Dockter
  • Churchill as a Writer and Orator / Peter Clarke
  • Churchill and Social Policy / Peter Sloman
  • Churchill, the 'Irish Question' and the Irish / Niamh Gallagher
  • Churchill's First World War / Sean Lang
  • Churchill, Art and Politics / Barry Phipps
  • Churchill's Economics / Martin Daunton
  • Churchill, the Roosevelts and Empire / Piers Brendon
  • Churchill, India and Race / Kishan S. Rana
  • Churchill's Campaign against Appeasement / Gaynor Johnson
  • Churchill as War Leader / Allen Packwood
  • Churchill, The English-Speaking Peoples and 'The Special Relationship' / David B. Woolner
  • Churchill as International Statesman / David Reynolds
  • Churchill and the Bombing Campaign / Victoria Taylor
  • The Influence of Clementine Churchill / Sonia Purnell
  • Churchill and the 'United States of Europe' / Richard Toye
  • Indian Summer or Conservative Winter? Churchill's Final Fall from Power / H. Kumarasingham
  • Conclusion: Where Next for Winston Churchill? / Allen Packwood.