Winston S. Churchill, Volume 4: World in Torment, 1916-1922 (Official Biography of Winston S. Churchill)
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (717 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0916308197 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 967 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sir Martin Gilbert was born in England in 1936. He is a graduate of Oxford University, from which he holds a Doctorate of Letters, and is an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. In 1962 he began work as one of Randolph Churchill’s research assistants, and in 1968, after Randolph Churchill’s death, he became the official biographer of Winston Churchill. Since then he has published six volumes of the Ch
"6 years of struggle." according to Kindle Customer. "On 7 July 1921 he told the Imperial Conference in London that if Britain could become `the Ally of France and the friend of Germany', she should then be in a position `to mitigate the frightful rancour and fear and hatred which exist between France and Germany at the present time and which, if left unchecked, will most certainly in a generation or so bring about a renewal of the struggle of which. Amazon Customer said Five Stars. Wonderful human story.. "Too long, with too much extraneous information" according to Kindle Customer. It could have been interesting, but in my honest opinion, this is the kind of book you get when you write a novel by committee. I wanted a definitive history of Winston Churchill, but instead got a boringly uninteresting list of details and genealogy relating to not only the Churchill family, but of practically every single individual who had any interaction with Mr. Churchill during his entire li
In 1962 he began work as one of Randolph Churchill’s research assistants, and in 1968, after Randolph Churchill’s death, he became the official biographer of Winston Churchill. Since then he has published six volumes of the Churchill biography, and has edited – to date – twelve volumes of Churchill documents. As a Distinguished Fellow at Hillsdale College, Michigan, he is currently completing the Churchill document volumes.During forty-eight years of research and writing, Sir Martin has published eighty books, including The First World War, The Second World War, The Somme: The Heroism and Horror of War, D-Day, The Day the War Ended, and a three-volume History of the Twentieth Century. He has also written, as part of his series of t
Winston S. Churchill. Covering the years 1917 to 1922, Martin Gilbert’s fascinating account carefully traces Churchill’s wide-ranging activities and shows how, by his persuasive oratory, administrative skill, and masterful contributions to Cabinet discussions, Churchill regained, only a few years after the disaster of Dardanelles, a leading position in British political life.There are many dramatic and controversial episodes: the German breakthrough on the Western Front in March 1918, the anti-Bolshevik Intervention in 1919, negotiating the Irish Treaty, consolidating the Jewish National Home in Palestine, and the Chanak crisis with Turkey. In all these, and many other events, Churchill’s leading role is explained and illuminated in Martin Gilbert’s precise, masterful style.The Churchill who emerges from these pages is a complex, gifted, energetic, troubled man who made a forceful impact on his cont