Churchill's Empire

Churchill's image is as an imperial die-hard, implacably opposed to colonial freedom. However, his relationship to Empire is far more complex and ambigious. Written by the acclaimed young historian Richard Toye, this absorbing book is the first to provide a comprehensive account of Churchill's lifelong involvement with Empire, from his childhood schooldays to his final premiership in the 1950s. Combining a lightness of touch and surprising detail with expert and insightful hypotheses, and drawing upon a wealth of published and unpublished evidence - from private diaries to African war poetry - "Churchill's Empire" provides a vivid and dynamic account of a remarkable man and an extraordinary era.

ISBN	0230703844	DEWEY edition	DC22
ISBN13	9780230703841 (What's this?)	Pages	524
Publisher	Pan Macmillan	Published in	London
Imprint	Macmillan	Height (mm)	234
Format	Hardback	Width (mm)	153
Publication date	19 Feb 2010	Academic level	General
DEWEY	941.082092

	Prologue
Pt. 1	Rationalism and Machine Guns
1	Learning to Think Imperially, 1874-1897	3
2	Jolly Little Wars Against Barbarous Peoples, 1897-1899	35
3	A Convenient Way of Seeing the Empire, 1899-1901	61
Pt. 2	Divide Et Impera!
4	That Wild Winston, 1901-1908	89
5	The Fate of an Empire, 1908-1922	122
6	Diehard, 1922-1939	162
Pt. 3	Liquidation
7	Undismayed Against Disaster, 1939-1942	195
8	Hands Off the British Empire, 1942-1945	233
9	Once Magnificent and Still Considerable, 1945-1955	263
	Epilogue	305
	Notes	317
	Bibliography	385
	Index	409

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