ABSTRACT

Churchill examines the influential career of Winston Churchill, British Prime Minster during the Second World War and from 1951–55. It discusses his early career as Secretary of State for War and Air and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Churchill as Warlord, and Churchill in opposition and the 1951 government. The book examines a wide variety of sources from contemporary newspaper accounts to Churchill's letters to his wife.

chapter 1|16 pages

RADICAL, 1900–1911

chapter 2|17 pages

WARMONGER, 1911–1915

chapter 3|17 pages

CHANCELLOR, 1924–1929

chapter 4|18 pages

EXILE, 1929–1939

chapter 5|17 pages

FINEST HOUR

chapter 6|20 pages

WARLORD, 1940–1945

chapter 7|16 pages

CONTROVERSIES

chapter 8|18 pages

ELDER, 1945–1955