Churchill's empire : the world that made him and the world he made / Richard Toye.
2010
DA566.9.C5 T66 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Churchill's empire : the world that made him and the world he made / Richard Toye.
Author
Toye, Richard, 1973-
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780805087956
0805087958
0805087958
Publication Details
New York : Henry Holt and Co., c2010.
Language
English
Description
xx, 423 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
DA566.9.C5 T66 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
941.084092 B
Summary
"A charmer and a bully, Winston Churchill was driven by a belief that the English were a superior race, whose goals went 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 demands of conscience with those of political conformity"--Cover, p. 2.
Note
"A John Macrae book."
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2010 by Pan Macmillan"--T.p. verso.
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2010 by Pan Macmillan"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical reference and index.
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Table of Contents
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, 1922-2939
Undismayed against disaster, 1939-1942
Hands off the British Empire, 1942-1945
Once magnificent and still considerable, 1945-1955
Epilogue.
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, 1922-2939
Undismayed against disaster, 1939-1942
Hands off the British Empire, 1942-1945
Once magnificent and still considerable, 1945-1955
Epilogue.