Churchill, Master and Commander

Winston Churchill at War 1895-1945

von

Tucker-Jones, Anthony

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback

384 Seiten

Englisch

Bloomsbury Publishing PLCerschienen am11.05.2023

'Masterful research, impeccable detail, with a beautifully flowing narrative of which Churchill himself would have been proud.' - Professor Peter Caddick-AdamsFrom his earliest days Winston Churchill was an extreme risk taker and he carried this into adulthood. Today he is widely hailed as Britain´s greatest wartime leader and politician. Deep down though, he was foremost a warlord. Just like his ally Stalin, and his arch enemies Hitler and Mussolini, Churchill could not help himself and insisted on personally directing the strategic conduct of World War II. For better or worse he insisted on being political master and military commander.Again like his wartime contemporaries, he had a habit of not heeding the advice of his generals. The results of this were disasters in Norway, North Africa, Greece and Crete during 1940-41. His fruitless Dodecanese campaign in 1943 also ended in defeat. Churchill´s pig-headedness over supporting the Italian campaign in defiance of the Riviera landings culminated in him threatening to resign and bring down the British Government. Yet on occasions he got it just right: his refusal to surrender in 1940, the British miracle at Dunkirk and victory in the Battle of Britain, showed that he was a much-needed decisive leader. Nor did he shy away from difficult decisions, such as the destruction of the French Fleet to prevent it falling into German hands and his subsequent war against Vichy France. In this fascinating new book, acclaimed historian Anthony Tucker-Jones explores the record of Winston Churchill as a military commander, assessing how the military experiences of his formative years shaped him for the difficult military decisions he took in office. This book assesses his choices in the some of the most controversial and high-profile campaigns of World War II, and how in high office his decision making was both right and wrong.mehr

Verfügbare Formate

BuchGebunden

EUR30,00

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback

EUR19,50

E-BookEPUBDRM AdobeE-Book

EUR14,99

E-BookPDFDRM AdobeE-Book

EUR14,99

Auf dieser Seite:

EUR19,50

In den Warenkorb

Produkt

Klappentext'Masterful research, impeccable detail, with a beautifully flowing narrative of which Churchill himself would have been proud.' - Professor Peter Caddick-AdamsFrom his earliest days Winston Churchill was an extreme risk taker and he carried this into adulthood. Today he is widely hailed as Britain´s greatest wartime leader and politician. Deep down though, he was foremost a warlord. Just like his ally Stalin, and his arch enemies Hitler and Mussolini, Churchill could not help himself and insisted on personally directing the strategic conduct of World War II. For better or worse he insisted on being political master and military commander.Again like his wartime contemporaries, he had a habit of not heeding the advice of his generals. The results of this were disasters in Norway, North Africa, Greece and Crete during 1940-41. His fruitless Dodecanese campaign in 1943 also ended in defeat. Churchill´s pig-headedness over supporting the Italian campaign in defiance of the Riviera landings culminated in him threatening to resign and bring down the British Government. Yet on occasions he got it just right: his refusal to surrender in 1940, the British miracle at Dunkirk and victory in the Battle of Britain, showed that he was a much-needed decisive leader. Nor did he shy away from difficult decisions, such as the destruction of the French Fleet to prevent it falling into German hands and his subsequent war against Vichy France. In this fascinating new book, acclaimed historian Anthony Tucker-Jones explores the record of Winston Churchill as a military commander, assessing how the military experiences of his formative years shaped him for the difficult military decisions he took in office. This book assesses his choices in the some of the most controversial and high-profile campaigns of World War II, and how in high office his decision making was both right and wrong.

Details

ISBN/GTIN978-1-4728-4734-8

ProduktartTaschenbuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

Verlag

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Erscheinungsjahr2023

Erscheinungsdatum11.05.2023

Seiten384 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 152 mm, Höhe 230 mm, Dicke 30 mm

Gewicht514 g

Artikel-Nr.59477266

Rubriken

GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Andrew Roberts Introduction Prologue: Death or Glory List of Maps List of Illustrations PART ONE: BAPTISM OF FIRE1. Soldiers of the Queen 2. Frontier Wars 3. Great Escape 4. The Sakabulas PART TWO: FALL AND RISE5. A Haunting Lesson 6. Cat on Hot Bricks´ 7. Winston´s Mercenaries PART THREE: WORLD ORDER OR DISORDER8. Flying Police 9. Troubled Emerald Isle 10. Beneath the Sphinx 11. Nazism or Communism PART FOUR: THE WARLORD RETURNS12. Master and Commander 13. His Finest Hour 14. Strategic Dilemma 15. Old Foes 16. Hitting Back 17. Bands of Brothers´ PART FIVE: GLOBAL JUGGLING ACT18. Mediterranean Showdown 19. An American Friend 20. Joan of Arc 21. Courting the Red Czar 22. Loss of Faith 23. India in Revolt PART SIX: WAR OF WILLS24. Strained Relations 25. Second Front Now 26. Death Wish´ 27. Miracle of Deliverance 28. The Whole Scene´ Epilogue: Gone Painting Winston Churchill´s Military Career at a Glance: 1895-1945 Notes and References BibliographyIndexmehr