Name: Churchill, Master and Commander: Winston Churchill at war 1895–1945
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Author: Andrew Roberts
ISBN: 9781472847348

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Anthony Tucker-Jones

Preface by

Andrew Roberts

Publisher

Osprey Publishing (UK)

Language

English

Pages

240

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.4 x 15.3 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.45 kg.

ISBN13

9781472847348

Synopsis "Churchill, Master and Commander: Winston Churchill at war 1895–1945"

An engaging and detailed study of Winston Churchill's career as a military commander, from his early experiences in Britain's colonial wars, through his battlefield experience in World War I, to his strategic command in World War II. This book examines how in high office he got it both right and wrong. From 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.

Andrew Roberts

(Preface by)

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Andrew Roberts, historiador y periodista, es miembro de la Royal Society of Literature y de la Royal Society of Arts. Forma parte, asimismo, del Napoleonic Institute, y es socio honorario de la International Churchill Society. Una vida (2016) ganó el Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoléon y el Los Angeles Times Biography Prize.

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