Winston Churchill's Last Campaign
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Winston Churchill's Last Campaign by John W Young
In this detailed analysis of political events during the early 1950s, John Young examines Churchill's vain search for a summit with Soviet leaders, and the divisions this caused within the British government and the Western Alliance.
cragoeoung's book describes Churchill's own approach to this last political crisis more exhaustively and sympathetically than ever before.. * Evening Standard *
A ... robust account of Churchill's peacetime performance. Young charts with great skill the course of Churchill's quest for a summit...He knits together the complex threads of foreign documents with the domestic record, to yield a first class account of a major episode in the early history of the Cold War. * Times Literary Supplement *
Professor Young does us all a service with his detailed yet easily read account of all that followed the Fulton speech and shows Churchill's intentions beyond doubt. Here is a factual history praising its subject, showing him to be no warmonger and yet acknowledging the problems of advancing age. This well written and well documented book gives us a critical, but fair view of the issues dominating the last years of one of our greatest statesmen and how he tried to deal with them. It deserves to be read widely and to be held for future reference. * Contemporary Review *
Young's book provides a subtle, well-written and cogently-argued reply to Charmley's thesis about the post-war Churchill. Winston Churchill's Last Campaign demonstrates with wealth of documented detail just how consistently Churchill pursued a single aim ... beyond the foreign policy issues that form the core of the book, Young shows with convincing clarity just how Churchill's decline affected Tory politics in his last administration. * John Ramsden, Queen Mary and Westfield College, EHR Feb. 97 *
A ... robust account of Churchill's peacetime performance. Young charts with great skill the course of Churchill's quest for a summit...He knits together the complex threads of foreign documents with the domestic record, to yield a first class account of a major episode in the early history of the Cold War. * Times Literary Supplement *
Professor Young does us all a service with his detailed yet easily read account of all that followed the Fulton speech and shows Churchill's intentions beyond doubt. Here is a factual history praising its subject, showing him to be no warmonger and yet acknowledging the problems of advancing age. This well written and well documented book gives us a critical, but fair view of the issues dominating the last years of one of our greatest statesmen and how he tried to deal with them. It deserves to be read widely and to be held for future reference. * Contemporary Review *
Young's book provides a subtle, well-written and cogently-argued reply to Charmley's thesis about the post-war Churchill. Winston Churchill's Last Campaign demonstrates with wealth of documented detail just how consistently Churchill pursued a single aim ... beyond the foreign policy issues that form the core of the book, Young shows with convincing clarity just how Churchill's decline affected Tory politics in his last administration. * John Ramsden, Queen Mary and Westfield College, EHR Feb. 97 *
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198203674 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198203675 |
| Title | Winston Churchill's Last Campaign |
| Author | John W Young |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1996-02-15 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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