- Hardcover: 752 pages
- Publisher: Teach Yourself Books (7 Jan 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 034048795X
- ISBN-13: 978-0340487952
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 5.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Based on 15 years' research, this biography tells the story of how Churchill's political career developed, and why he could serve in both Conservative and Liberal governments. It reassesses his role in the Dardanelles fiasco and it describes his long climb back to power and influence as well as the human price which his ambition exacted from those around him. The conclusion demonstrates how and why the man created by the previous six decades had the vision he had in 1940 - and what the limits of it were.
About the Author
John Charmley is a British diplomatic historian and a professor of modern history at the University of East Anglia, where he is head of the school of history. He is the author of eight books, five of which are being reissued in Faber Finds. He is perhaps most famous for his revisionist interpretation of British foreign policy in the mid-twentieth century, dealing with subjects like Appeasement and the Second World War with a degree of iconoclasm.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
John Charmley has written a very interesting and engaging, (and controversial,) history book. Charmley's main argument is that Churchill made a huge mistake rejecting peace feelers from Hitler. That the war bankrupted Britain badly, putting Britain in debt to the USA until 2006, lost Britain her Empire and relegated Britain to a second rate power, a virtual satellite of the now all powerful USA.
This revisionist history book is quite convincing if not disturbing. Charmley argues that without Britain's participation in the war we would still be a powerful world power, that the Holocaust hadnt occurred yet in 1940-41 and therefore isnt part of the argument (something I found too convient because we know its going to happen and the Nazis had set up Ghettoes and Concentration camps where people were dying) and that we were later allied to Stalin's USSR who had people dying in Gulags, mass murder, deportations of the entire peoples to Siberia and Central Asia, the arrest and sometime execution of Russian POWs, secret police and torture AND because they are on our side Stalin extends his control over Eastern Europe for the next 40 years!
Charmley argues too that Britain staying out of the war does not guarantee a Geman victory, instead Hitler and Stalin could have battled each other into exhaustion leaving both countries weak and vulnerable.
Like I said some intersting thought provoking points, read it and see what you think.
Perhaps another answer is that the war against Nazi Germany was worth the cost and then we should have battled Stalin and pushed him out of Europe, the Ukraine and the Baltic countries when we still had the advantage of the jet engine, the atom bomb and large Allied Armies already mobilised in the field with combat experience (with perhaps many German volunteers) The Soviet Union defeated in 1945 means no cold war?
This revisionist history book is quite convincing if not disturbing. Charmley argues that without Britain's participation in the war we would still be a powerful world power, that the Holocaust hadnt occurred yet in 1940-41 and therefore isnt part of the argument (something I found too convient because we know its going to happen and the Nazis had set up Ghettoes and Concentration camps where people were dying) and that we were later allied to Stalin's USSR who had people dying in Gulags, mass murder, deportations of the entire peoples to Siberia and Central Asia, the arrest and sometime execution of Russian POWs, secret police and torture AND because they are on our side Stalin extends his control over Eastern Europe for the next 40 years!
Charmley argues too that Britain staying out of the war does not guarantee a Geman victory, instead Hitler and Stalin could have battled each other into exhaustion leaving both countries weak and vulnerable.
Like I said some intersting thought provoking points, read it and see what you think.
Perhaps another answer is that the war against Nazi Germany was worth the cost and then we should have battled Stalin and pushed him out of Europe, the Ukraine and the Baltic countries when we still had the advantage of the jet engine, the atom bomb and large Allied Armies already mobilised in the field with combat experience (with perhaps many German volunteers) The Soviet Union defeated in 1945 means no cold war?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Churchill: The End Of Glory, John Charmley. Exhaustive study of Churchill's political life
22 Feb 2010
Format:Paperback
Now remembered (and much lauded) as the leader who brought us through the darkest hours of the second world war, people often forget that his ascension to number ten was after a long career in British politics, during which he held most of the great offices of state. In this time he was responsible for many decisions which had profound effects during the day.
This exhaustive political biography gives a quick overview of Churchill's life up to entering Parliament, and then details his every move as part of the British political establishment up until the famous election victory of Clement Atlee in 1945. It studies his beliefs, and shows how he was influenced and grew over his time in office. It looks at some of his more famous actions, and studies the reason behind them. It shows a man of conscience and egotism, who fought for what he believed in, often with great ability and skill, but was equally always on the lookout for Number One. This might be a bit of an awkward read for those who worship Churchill, but it is refreshing to have a more dispassionate and detached analysis than one usually seems to find.
This is an excellent book, that I realy recommend to those who have any interest in Churchill and want to know a little bit more than the orthodox history.
This exhaustive political biography gives a quick overview of Churchill's life up to entering Parliament, and then details his every move as part of the British political establishment up until the famous election victory of Clement Atlee in 1945. It studies his beliefs, and shows how he was influenced and grew over his time in office. It looks at some of his more famous actions, and studies the reason behind them. It shows a man of conscience and egotism, who fought for what he believed in, often with great ability and skill, but was equally always on the lookout for Number One. This might be a bit of an awkward read for those who worship Churchill, but it is refreshing to have a more dispassionate and detached analysis than one usually seems to find.
This is an excellent book, that I realy recommend to those who have any interest in Churchill and want to know a little bit more than the orthodox history.
0 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
well peace in 1940 according to charmley would have been better for britain . whatever you may think of it . itremains a deftly argued book.
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