Churchill's American Network by Cita Stelzer
A revelatory portrait showing how the famed British statesman created a network of American colleagues and friends who helped push our foreign policy in Britains favor during World War II
"[An] engrossing new book" -- Iain Martin, director of the London Defence Conference and publisher of Reaction
"Churchill embraced his dual heritage, and his long and circuitous path to 10 Downing Street was smoothed by supportive Americans seduced by his intellect and irrepressible energy. As Cita Stelzer explains in Churchill’s American Network, he would rely on this support throughout his life. Ms. Stelzer relies on 'hundreds of press reports' to produce a series of colorful itineraries."
-- The Wall Street Journal
"In her charming new book, Churchill’s American Network: Winston Churchill and the Forging of the Special Relationship, author Cita Stelzer explains how this came to pass—in some respects, it was the culmination of decades of work. The young Briton continued to attract attention, including from American business and press leaders who recognized him as a rising star. These men and women proved key to developing Churchill’s budding American network. And it is here that Stelzer’s book really shines. The author details how Churchill cultivated a wide cast of influential Americans, some of whom, like the press magnate William Randolph Hearst, are well known, while others, like William McAdoo, a Treasury Secretary and future senator, have largely been forgotten." -- Washington Free Beacon
"Stelzer brings to life a cast of characters Churchill brought into his network, among them media giant William Randolph Hearst, actor and director Charlie Chaplin, journalist Edward R. Murrow, steel magnate Charles M. Schwab, and socialite and suffragist Daisy Harriman. Stelzer’s scholarship on Churchill has been highly praised: 2019’s Working With Winston explores the world of Churchill’s secretaries, and 2013’s Dinner With Churchill focuses on the prime minister’s dinner table diplomacy. Churchill’s American Network is another enlightening look at the statesman, one with an even broader scope. Fascinating." -- BookPage
“[A] lively account. Stelzer reminds readers that her subject was half American. As befitted his stature, he met the crème de la crème, including the president, Hollywood superstars, and wealthy industrialists, most of whom succumbed to his charms, often loaning him their mansions and private railroad carriages. A cheerful chronicle of Churchill’s excursions in America.”
-- Kirkus Reviews
"A wonderful book that shines a bright light on fascinating years of Churchill’s life and thus makes a valuable addition to Churchill scholarship. Churchill’s American Network provides an engrossing account of an exceptional individual on tours across America before WWII, lecturing and gaining a deeper understanding of the nation and its people, and developing relationships that would prove of increasing importance when Hitler and the Nazis appeared on the world stage. A very illuminating and enjoyable book."
-- General David Petraeus, U.S. Army (Ret.), Former Director of the CIA; co-author with Andrew Roberts of Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
"Cita Stelzer has brilliantly hit upon the key fact about Winston Churchill’s lifelong and intimate relationship with the United States. Although it was familial, strategic and political, it was overwhelmingly built on personal friendships, for which he had a preternatural gift. This superb book explores that phenomenon better than any other on the subject.”
-- Andrew Roberts, New York Times bestselling author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Praise for Cita Stelzer’s Working with Winston:
"Working with Winston is a wonderful tour behind the scenes of history and its vignettes portray a very human and attractive man." * The Times (London) *
"Cita Stelzer has found an intimate way to reveal the secrets of this great man's life with exceptional skill and flair, giving voice to the silent army that helped him to lead the nation.” -- Sarah Baxter, Deputy Editor of The Sunday Times (London)
"Churchill embraced his dual heritage, and his long and circuitous path to 10 Downing Street was smoothed by supportive Americans seduced by his intellect and irrepressible energy. As Cita Stelzer explains in Churchill’s American Network, he would rely on this support throughout his life. Ms. Stelzer relies on 'hundreds of press reports' to produce a series of colorful itineraries."
-- The Wall Street Journal
"In her charming new book, Churchill’s American Network: Winston Churchill and the Forging of the Special Relationship, author Cita Stelzer explains how this came to pass—in some respects, it was the culmination of decades of work. The young Briton continued to attract attention, including from American business and press leaders who recognized him as a rising star. These men and women proved key to developing Churchill’s budding American network. And it is here that Stelzer’s book really shines. The author details how Churchill cultivated a wide cast of influential Americans, some of whom, like the press magnate William Randolph Hearst, are well known, while others, like William McAdoo, a Treasury Secretary and future senator, have largely been forgotten." -- Washington Free Beacon
"Stelzer brings to life a cast of characters Churchill brought into his network, among them media giant William Randolph Hearst, actor and director Charlie Chaplin, journalist Edward R. Murrow, steel magnate Charles M. Schwab, and socialite and suffragist Daisy Harriman. Stelzer’s scholarship on Churchill has been highly praised: 2019’s Working With Winston explores the world of Churchill’s secretaries, and 2013’s Dinner With Churchill focuses on the prime minister’s dinner table diplomacy. Churchill’s American Network is another enlightening look at the statesman, one with an even broader scope. Fascinating." -- BookPage
“[A] lively account. Stelzer reminds readers that her subject was half American. As befitted his stature, he met the crème de la crème, including the president, Hollywood superstars, and wealthy industrialists, most of whom succumbed to his charms, often loaning him their mansions and private railroad carriages. A cheerful chronicle of Churchill’s excursions in America.”
-- Kirkus Reviews
"A wonderful book that shines a bright light on fascinating years of Churchill’s life and thus makes a valuable addition to Churchill scholarship. Churchill’s American Network provides an engrossing account of an exceptional individual on tours across America before WWII, lecturing and gaining a deeper understanding of the nation and its people, and developing relationships that would prove of increasing importance when Hitler and the Nazis appeared on the world stage. A very illuminating and enjoyable book."
-- General David Petraeus, U.S. Army (Ret.), Former Director of the CIA; co-author with Andrew Roberts of Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
"Cita Stelzer has brilliantly hit upon the key fact about Winston Churchill’s lifelong and intimate relationship with the United States. Although it was familial, strategic and political, it was overwhelmingly built on personal friendships, for which he had a preternatural gift. This superb book explores that phenomenon better than any other on the subject.”
-- Andrew Roberts, New York Times bestselling author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Praise for Cita Stelzer’s Working with Winston:
"Working with Winston is a wonderful tour behind the scenes of history and its vignettes portray a very human and attractive man." * The Times (London) *
"Cita Stelzer has found an intimate way to reveal the secrets of this great man's life with exceptional skill and flair, giving voice to the silent army that helped him to lead the nation.” -- Sarah Baxter, Deputy Editor of The Sunday Times (London)
Cita Stelzer received a BA degree from Barnard College, with a major in history, worked in educational publishing, and has been a stringer for the Financial Times. Cita served as special aide to New York’s Mayor John Lindsay and to Governor Hugh Carey, specializing in energy policy. She founded a public relations firm in New York City specializing in business development for law firms before joining an economic consulting firm specializing in regulatory policy.
She is a former member of the Churchill Archives Centre US Advisory board, President of the Arizona chapter of the International Churchill Society, a former Trustee of Wigmore Hall, the venerable chamber music venue in London, and has been a member of the Board of Trustees and Vice Chairman of the Aspen Musical Festival and School. Cita is also a Churchill Fellow of the National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri.
She is the author of three books on Winston Churchill, Dinner with Churchill: Policy-Making at the Dinner Table (2013), Working with Winston: The Unsung Women Behind Britain’s Greatest Statesman (2019), and Churchill’s American Network: Forging the Special Relationship (2023).
She is a former member of the Churchill Archives Centre US Advisory board, President of the Arizona chapter of the International Churchill Society, a former Trustee of Wigmore Hall, the venerable chamber music venue in London, and has been a member of the Board of Trustees and Vice Chairman of the Aspen Musical Festival and School. Cita is also a Churchill Fellow of the National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri.
She is the author of three books on Winston Churchill, Dinner with Churchill: Policy-Making at the Dinner Table (2013), Working with Winston: The Unsung Women Behind Britain’s Greatest Statesman (2019), and Churchill’s American Network: Forging the Special Relationship (2023).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781639364855 |
| ISBN 10 | 1639364854 |
| Title | Churchill's American Network |
| Author | Cita Stelzer |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pegasus Books |
| Year published | 2024-04-11 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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