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Although remembered and even lauded in the public mind as the British prime minister during the Second World War who played a major role in Allied victory over the Axis Powers and Japan, Winston Churchill had a life and political career before 1939 conditioned by fighting other wars and, in peacetime, thinking about war. While historians debate his achievements and failures between 1939 and 1945, a less explored dimension is Churchill's earlier connexion with war and warfare. This book explores Churchill's earlier experience in fighting wars as a soldier and politician.
List of contents
Introduction (B. J. C. McKercher and Antoine Capet) 1. At War on the Nile: What Winston Churchill Learned from the River War (James W. Muller) 2. "A dangerous, if not malignant design": Winston Churchill and the German Naval Challenge before the Great War (John H. Maurer) 3. "By God, I will make them fight!" Winston Churchill and Britain’s Decision for War in 1914 (John W. Young) 4. Churchill's Downfall in 1915: The British Press and the Dardanelles Campaign (Christopher M. Bell) 5. What Churchill and de Gaulle Learned from the Great War (Will Morrissey) 6. The Limitations of the Politician-Historian: Winston Churchill, Rearmament, Appeasement, and the Origins of the Second World War (B. J. C. McKercher) 7. Winston Churchill and the Golden Age of Journalism (Richard Toye) 8. Winston Churchill, France and the Middle East (Warren Dockter)
About the author
B.J.C. McKercher is Professor of History at the University of Victoria, Canada.
Antoine Capet is Professor of British Studies at the University of Rouen, France.
Summary
This book explores Churchill’s earlier experience in fighting wars as a soldier and politician.
