Winston S. Churchill: The Prophet of Truth, 1922-1939 (Volume

Winston S. Churchill: The Prophet of Truth, 1922-1939 (Volume V) (Churchill Biography Book 5)

This fascinating volume opens with Churchillâ€™s return to Conservatism and to the Cabinet in 1924, and, as the story unfolds, presents a vivid and intimate picture both of his public life and of his private world at Chartwell between the wars.

As Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1924 to 1929, Churchill pursued a humane and constructive social policy, including the introduction of pensions for widows and orphans. The controversial return to the gold standard is examined here on the basis of new evidence; so too are Churchillâ€™s efforts after the General Strike to bring peace to the coal industry. In 1927 Churchill planned and fought for a massive attack on unemployment.

In this volume Martin Gilbert strips away decades of accumulated myth and innuendo, showing Churchillâ€™s true position on India, his precise role (and private thoughts) during the abdication of Edward VIII, his attitude toward Mussolini, and his profound fears for the future of European democracy. Even before Hitler came to power in Germany, Churchill saw in full the dangers of a Nazi victory. And despite the unpopularity of his views in official circles, for six years he persevered in his warnings.

This book reveals for the first time the extent to which senior civil servants, and even serving officers of high rank, came to Churchill with secret information, having despaired at the extent of official lethargy and obstruction. Within the Air Ministry, the Foreign Office, and the Intelligence Services, individuals felt drawn to go to Churchill with full disclosures of Britainâ€™s defense weakness and kept him informed of day-to-day developments from 1934 until the outbreak of war. As war approached, people of all parties and in all walks of life recognized Churchillâ€™s unique qualities and demanded his inclusion in the government, believing that he alone could give a divided nation guidance and inspiration.

About the Author

SIR MARTIN GILBERT was born in England in 1936. He was a graduate of Oxford University, from which he held a Doctorate of Letters, and was an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. In 1962 he began work as one of Randolph Churchillâ€™s research assistants, and in 1968, after Randolph Churchillâ€™s death, he became the official biographer of Winston Churchill. He published six volumes of the Churchill biography, and edited twelve volumes of Churchill documents.

During forty-eight years of research and writing, Sir Martin published eighty books, including The First World War, The Second World War, and a three-volume History of the Twentieth Century. He also wrote, as part of his series of ten historical atlases, Atlas of the First World War, and, most recently, Atlas of the Second World War.

Sir Martinâ€™s film and television work included a documentary series on the life of Winston Churchill. His other published works include Churchill: A Photographic Portrait, In Search of Churchill, Churchill and America, and the single volume Churchill, A Life.

About the Work

In the official biography of Sir Winston Churchill, his son Randolphâ€”and later Sir Martin Gilbert, who took up the work following Randolphâ€™s deathâ€”had the full use of Sir Winstonâ€™s letters and papers, and also many hundreds of private archives. The work spans eight volumes, detailing Churchillâ€™s youth and early adventures in South Africa and India, his early career, and his more than fifty years on the world stage. No other statesman of modern timesâ€”or indeed of any ageâ€”has left such a wealth of personal letters, such a rich store of private and public documentation, such vivid memories in the minds of those who worked closest to him. Through these materials, assembled over the course of more than twenty years, one is able to know Churchill in a way never before possible.

Country	USA
Author	Martin Gilbert
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780795344619
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	RosettaBooks
Manufacturer	RosettaBooks
NumberOfPages	1165
PublicationDate	2015-04-05
Publisher	RosettaBooks
ReleaseDate	2015-04-05
Studio	RosettaBooks

Winston S. Churchill: The Prophet of Truth, 1922-1939 (Volume V) (Churchill Biography Book 5)

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