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Churchill, Master and Commander - Winston Churchill at War 1895–1945 (Paperback)
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Churchill, Master and Commander - Winston Churchill at War 1895–1945 (Paperback)
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'Masterful research, impeccable detail, with a beautifully flowing
narrative of which Churchill himself would have been proud.' -
Professor Peter Caddick-Adams 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.
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