Format:
1 online resource (951 pages)
ISBN:
9780795337260
Content:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Childhood -- 2. Harrow -- 3. Towards the Army: 'A fresh start' -- 4. Second Lieutenant: 'I cannot sit still' -- 5. In Action -- 6. To Omdurman and Beyond -- 7. South Africa: Adventure, Capture, Escape -- 8. Into Parliament -- 9. Revolt and Responsibilities -- 10. The Social Field -- 11. Home Secretary -- 12. At the Admiralty -- 13. The Coming of War in 1914 -- 14. War -- 15. Isolation and Escape -- 16. In the Trenches -- 17. 'Deep and Ceaseless Torment' -- 18. Minister of Munitions -- 19. At the War Office -- 20. Colonial Secretary -- 21. Return to the Wilderness -- 22. At the Exchequer -- 23. Out of Office -- 24. The Moment of Truth -- 25. No Place for Churchill -- 26. From Munich to War -- 27. Return to the Admiralty -- 28. Prime Minister -- 29. Britain at Bay -- 30. The Widening War -- 31. Planning for Victory -- 32. Illness and Recovery -- 33. Normandy and Beyond -- 34. War and Diplomacy -- 35. 'Advance, Britannia!' -- 36. 'An Iron Curtain' -- 37. Mapping the Past, Guiding the Future -- 38. Prime Minister in Peacetime -- 39. Recovery, Last Ambition, Resignation -- 40. Last Years -- Maps -- Index -- Endnotes.
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Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=5890289
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