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Churchill Cold War Warrior

Winston Churchill and the Iron Curtain

Innbundet
Engelsk
Churchill Cold War Warrior
Churchill Cold War Warrior
  • Forfatter: Anthony Tucker-Jones
  • Format: Innbundet
  • Antall sider: 224
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • EAN: 9781399047456
  • Utgivelsesår: 2024
  • Bidragsyter: Tucker-Jones, Anthony
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_¿By focusing attention on a poorly understood but vitally important aspect of Churchill¿s career, Tucker-Jones has performed an important service. Churchill Cold War Warrior should be read, not only as a commentary on the ironies of history, but also as an essay on the potential and the limits of power.¿ - _PROFESSOR RICHARD TOYE, AUTHOR OF WINSTON CHURCHILL: A LIFE IN THE NEWSIn Churchill Cold War Warrior, renowned military historian Anthony Tucker-Jones reassesses Winston Churchill¿s neglected postwar career. He explains how in an unguarded moment Winston inadvertently sowed the seeds for the Cold War by granting Stalin control of Eastern Europe. Famously Churchill, at Fulton, then warned of the growing danger created by this partition of the continent. Winston after the Second World War wanted to prove a point. Shunned by the electorate in 1945, instead of retiring he was determined to be Prime Minister for a second time. Biding his time he watched in dismay as Britain scuttled fro