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

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

Richard Toye

[Produced by Amazon], c2010

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Reprint. Originally published: New York : St. Martin's press, c2010

Includes bibliographical reference (p. [317]-407) and index

Summary: "A charmer and a bully, Winston Churchill was driven by a belief that the English were a superior race, whose goals when beyond individual interests to offer an enduring good to the entire world. No better example exists than Churchill's resolve to stand alone against a more powerful Hitler in 1940 while the world's democracies fell to their knees. But there is also the Churchill who frequently inveighed against human rights, nationalism, and constitutional progress--the imperialist who could celebrate racism and believed India was unsuited to democracy. Drawing on newly released documents and an uncanny ability to separate the facts from the overblown reputation (by midcareer Churchill had become a global brand), Richard Toye provides the first comprehensive analysis of Churchill's relationship with the empire. Instead of locating Churchill's position on a simple left/right spectrum, Toye demonstrates how the statesman evolved and challenges the reader to understand Churchill's need to reconcile the

Printed in Japan

Contents of Works

  • Learning to think imperially, 1874-1897
  • Jolly little wars against barbarous peoples, 1897-1899
  • A convenient way of seeing the empire, 1899-1901
  • That wild Winston, 1901-1908
  • The fate of an empire, 1908-1922
  • Diehard, 1922-1939
  • Undismayed against disaster, 1939-1942
  • Hands off the British Empire, 1942-1945
  • Once magnificent and still considerable, 1945-1955

Details

  • NCID
    BC04074313
  • ISBN
    • 9780312577131
  • Country Code
    ja
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    [Japan]
  • Pages/Volumes
    xx, 423 p., [16] p. of plates
  • Size
    22 cm
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