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Books
The Tories, from Winston Churchill to David Cameron – by Timothy Heppel
08
Jul
2015
By CHRISTOPHER H. STERLING
An absorbing though densely written volume, this detailed political science narrative assesses personalities and both ideological and policy trends in the Conservative Party’s leadership since 1945. The book is divided into five main chapters and Churchill appears only briefly in the first (with the end of his wartime government and the 1951-55 administration) and then fades from view. For this reason it is of limited importance to Churchill scholars, though it reflects thoughtfully on how his successors handled his legacy.
The Literary Churchill – by Jonathan Rose
24
Jun
2015
Churchill in North America, 1929 – by Bradley P. Tolppanen
24
Jun
2015
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
The author has done an exemplary job reporting this major North American encounter by a Churchill still in his fifties. Cynics will say, why bother? Well, because it needed to be done.
1914, Fight The Good Fight: Britain, the Army & the Coming of the First World War – by Allen Mallinson
16
Jun
2015
By ANDREW ROBERTS
The centenary of the outbreak of World War I has seen an avalanche—or perhaps in the context it ought to be a barrage—of new books on the subject, but few are as scholarly and well-written as this one by Allan Mallinson. The author was a cavalry brigadier in the British Army and a military attaché at various embassies including Rome, so he writes from a military and diplomatic perspective that allows him to make highly intelligent and informed value judgments. Moreover, as the author of the Matthew Hervey series of fictional works set in the post-Waterloo period, he is also able to present the unfolding human catastrophe of 1914 with a trained novelist’s eye.
Mistero Churchill – by Roberto Festorazzi
16
Jun
2015
“Mr. Churchill’s Profession: The Statesman as Author and the Book that Defined the ‘Special Relationship'” – by Peter Clarke
12
Jun
2015