From a very young age, Churchill believed he was destined to play a great role in the life of his nation. Roy Jenkinss narrative account of Churchills astounding career is one of the finest political biographies of our time.
From a very young age, Churchill believed he was destined to play a great role in the life of his nation. Roy Jenkinss narrative account of Churchills astounding career is one of the finest political biographies of our time.
Roy Jenkins (1920-2003), active in British politics for half a century, was also an accomplished biographer. He entered the House of Commons as a Labour member in 1948 and subsequently served as Minister of Aviation, Home Secretary, and Chancellor of the Exchequer. From 1977-81 he was President of the European Commission. In 1987 he became Chancellor of Oxford University and took his seat in the House of Lords as Baron Jenkins of Hillhead.
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List of Illustrations Preface Glossary of Parliamentary Terms PART ONE A Brash Young Man 1874-1908
1. A Doubtful Provenance 2. Subaltern of Empire and Journalist of Opportunity 3. Oldham and South Africa 4. Tory into Liberal 5. Convert into Minister 6. An Upwardly Mobile Under-Secretary PART TWO The Glow-worm Glows: The Morning was Golden 1908-1914
7. Two Hustings and an Altar 8. The Sorcerer's Apprentice at the Board of Trade 9. A Young Home Secretary 10. From Prisons to Warships 11. ‘The Ruler of the King's Navee’ 12. Churchill in Asquithland PART THREE The Noontide was Bronze 1914-1918
13. A Flailing First Lord 14. Last Months at the Admiralty 15. Finished at Forty? 16. An Improbable Colonel and a Misjudged Re-entry 17. Lloyd George's Ambulance Wagon Arrives a Little Late 18. Making the Most of Munitions PART FOUR Hesitant Afternoon Sunshine 1919-1939
19. Anti-Bolshevik Crusader and Irish Peacemaker 20. A Politician without a Party or a Seat 21. Gold and Strikes 22. A Relentless Writer 23. Cuckoo out of the Nest 24. Unwisdom in the Wilderness 25. An Early Alarm Clock 26. Arms and the Covenant 27. From the Abdication to Munich 28. The Last Year of the Peace PART FIVE The Saviour of his Country and the Light of the World? 1939-1945
29. Quiet War with Germany and Uneasy Peace with Chamberlain 30. Through Disaster in the Fjords to Triumph in Downing Street 31. Twenty-One Days in May 32. The Terrible Beauty of the Summer of 1940 33. The Battle of Britain and the Beginning of the Blitz 34. No Longer Alone 35. The Anglo-American Marriage Ceremony 36. The Hinge Year 37. 1943: From Casablanca to Teheran 38. The Return to France 39. The Beginning of the End 40. Victory in Europe and Defeat in Britain PART SIX Was the Evening Leaden? 1945-1965
41. ‘The English Patient’ 42. Two Elections and a Resurrection 43. A Consensual Government 44. ‘An Aeroplane ... with the Petrol Running Out’ 45. A Celebration and a Last Exit 46. The Sun Sinks Slow, How Slowly References Select Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Preface Glossary of Parliamentary Terms PART ONE A Brash Young Man 1874-1908
1. A Doubtful Provenance 2. Subaltern of Empire and Journalist of Opportunity 3. Oldham and South Africa 4. Tory into Liberal 5. Convert into Minister 6. An Upwardly Mobile Under-Secretary PART TWO The Glow-worm Glows: The Morning was Golden 1908-1914
7. Two Hustings and an Altar 8. The Sorcerer's Apprentice at the Board of Trade 9. A Young Home Secretary 10. From Prisons to Warships 11. ‘The Ruler of the King's Navee’ 12. Churchill in Asquithland PART THREE The Noontide was Bronze 1914-1918
13. A Flailing First Lord 14. Last Months at the Admiralty 15. Finished at Forty? 16. An Improbable Colonel and a Misjudged Re-entry 17. Lloyd George's Ambulance Wagon Arrives a Little Late 18. Making the Most of Munitions PART FOUR Hesitant Afternoon Sunshine 1919-1939
19. Anti-Bolshevik Crusader and Irish Peacemaker 20. A Politician without a Party or a Seat 21. Gold and Strikes 22. A Relentless Writer 23. Cuckoo out of the Nest 24. Unwisdom in the Wilderness 25. An Early Alarm Clock 26. Arms and the Covenant 27. From the Abdication to Munich 28. The Last Year of the Peace PART FIVE The Saviour of his Country and the Light of the World? 1939-1945
29. Quiet War with Germany and Uneasy Peace with Chamberlain 30. Through Disaster in the Fjords to Triumph in Downing Street 31. Twenty-One Days in May 32. The Terrible Beauty of the Summer of 1940 33. The Battle of Britain and the Beginning of the Blitz 34. No Longer Alone 35. The Anglo-American Marriage Ceremony 36. The Hinge Year 37. 1943: From Casablanca to Teheran 38. The Return to France 39. The Beginning of the End 40. Victory in Europe and Defeat in Britain PART SIX Was the Evening Leaden? 1945-1965
41. ‘The English Patient’ 42. Two Elections and a Resurrection 43. A Consensual Government 44. ‘An Aeroplane ... with the Petrol Running Out’ 45. A Celebration and a Last Exit 46. The Sun Sinks Slow, How Slowly References Select Bibliography Index
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