Churchill's Empire The World That Made Him and the World He Made

Name: Churchill's Empire The World That Made Him and the World He Made
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ISBN: 9780312577131

ISBN-10: 0312577133

ISBN-13: 9780312577131

Edition: N/A

Authors: Richard Toye

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This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of Churchill's lifelong involvement with the empire, from the early stages of his childhood that shaped his imperialist outlook to his emergence as a self-made hero. Instead of locating him on a left/right spectrum, Toye presents Churchill as a human being, a man whose imperialist outlook brought both acclaim and dread. Churchill was a powerful leader who believed in the strength of his race, but not necessarily the human racehe stood alone against Hitler, but he was also an imperialist who equated Gandhi with Hitler, celebrated racism, and believed India would always remain unsuited to democracy."Toye traces Churchill's shifts and…

Book details

List price: $23.99
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 7/19/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Prologue



Rationalism and Machine Guns



Learning to Think Imperially, 1874-1897



Jolly Little Wars Against Barbarous Peoples, 1897-1899



A Convenient Way of Seeing the Empire, 1899-1901



Divide et Impera!



That Wild Winston, 1901-1908



The Fate of an Empire, 1908-1922



Diehard, 1922-1939



Liquidation



Undismayed Against Disaster, 1939-1942



Hands off the British Empire, 1942-1945



Once Magnificent and Still Considerable, 1945-1955


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index