Winston Churchill

At War and Thinking of War before 1939
Herausgeber: McKercher, B J C; Capet, Antoine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores Churchill's earlier experience in fighting wars as a soldier and politician.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780367133030
• ISBN-10: 0367133032
• Artikelnr.: 55157269

Autorenporträt

B.J.C. McKercher is Professor of History at the University of Victoria, Canada. Antoine Capet is Professor of British Studies at the University of Rouen, France.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction (B. J. C. McKercher and Antoine Capet) 1. At War on the Nile:
What Winston Churchill Learned from the River War (James W. Muller) 2. "A
dangerous, if not malignant design": Winston Churchill and the German Naval
Challenge before the Great War (John H. Maurer) 3. "By God, I will make
them fight!" Winston Churchill and Britain's Decision for War in 1914 (John
W. Young) 4. Churchill's Downfall in 1915: The British Press and the
Dardanelles Campaign (Christopher M. Bell) 5. What Churchill and de Gaulle
Learned from the Great War (Will Morrissey) 6. The Limitations of the
Politician-Historian: Winston Churchill, Rearmament, Appeasement, and the
Origins of the Second World War (B. J. C. McKercher) 7. Winston Churchill
and the Golden Age of Journalism (Richard Toye) 8. Winston Churchill,
France and the Middle East (Warren Dockter)