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Churchill’s Trial
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seatsLarry P. Arnn offers a penetrating look at the greatest challenges Churchill faced over the course of his extraordinary career, namely, Nazism, Soviet communism, and the growing domestic threat of socialism. Arnn analyzes these crises in the context of Churchill’s abiding dedication to constitutionalism.
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Volume 1
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seatsVolume one of The Churchill Documents includes documents relevant to the first narrative volume of the official biography, Winston S. Churchill: Youth, 1874-1900. The intensity of Churchill’s feelings, the breadth of his opinions, and his tenacity of purpose shine through in these early years, as he gathered the will and determination to confront the world.
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Volume 2
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seatsThe years covered in this volume were among the most intense years of Churchill’s life: several times in danger of death in the firing lines; being taken prisoner of war and escaping from captivity; reporting as a journalist from the scenes of the fiercest fighting; and making every effort to enter Parliament and enter British political life.
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Volume 3
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seatsThe correspondence in this volume shows a young man in a hurry, but with strong convictions and clear abilities, one determined to make his mark on the national stage. Writings mine a rich seam of correspondence revolving primarily round his activities as a new Member of Parliament, which culminated in his decision to leave the Conservative Party and join the opposition Liberal Party.
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Volume 4
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seatsVolume 4 of The Churchill Documents begins with Churchill’s remarkable visit to East Africa in 1907 and his journey down the Nile. Then follows his entry into the Cabinet as President of the Board of Trade, his courtship with and marriage to Clementine Hozier, his work for prison reform as Home Secretary, his deepening involvement in defence matters, and his opening months as First Lord of the Admiralty.
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Volume 5
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seatsThe Royal Navy, its needs and its potential, are the main thrust of Churchill’s letters and memoranda in this volume. These documents show how determined he was not to see Britain vulnerable to the growing naval power of Germany. Churchill’s letters to his wife in the last two weeks of July 1914 give a poignant picture of how rapidly the world crisis evolved.
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Volume 6
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seatsThis volume includes Churchill’s efforts to sustain the siege of Antwerp, his support for the use of air power in war, and his central part in the development of the tank. It also shows the enthusiasm and forcefulness with which he supported an offensive naval policy, first against Germany, then against Turkey, impressing and influencing his colleagues.
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Volume 7
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seatsThe letters and documents reproduced in this volume span the period from May 1915 to December 1916. “What about the Dardanelles?” was the cry Winston Churchill was to hear often between the two world wars. It epitomized the distrust in which he was widely held as a result of the eventual failure of the Gallipoli expedition. Although, as the documents in this volume make clear, that campaign was the full ministerial responsibility of the Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchener.
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Volume 8
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seatsFor Churchill, the period covered in this volume was dominated first by the need to defeat Germany; then by the post-war settlement and the Allied intervention against the Bolsheviks in Russia; and by a growing personal awareness of the strong forces of disruption and chaos with which the early years of the twentieth century were being threatened.
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Volume 9
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seatsThrough the documents in this volume, editor Sir Martin Gilbert leads the reader on a fascinating journey from July 1919 to March 1921, covering the early problems of peace, the continued intervention in Russia against the Bolsheviks, the Russo-Polish war, terrorism and the search for conciliation in Ireland, revolt in Iraq, Britain’s Palestine Mandate, and the future of Britain’s position in the Middle East.
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Volume 10
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seatsFrom April 1921-November 1922, national affairs in Great Britain were dominated by the search for peace and reconciliation in Ireland, the establishment of a Jewish National Home in Palestine, and the political crisis that ended the peacetime coalition and Winston Churchill’s own ministerial career. Personal tragedy and hardship also befell Churchill: the death of his mother and of his young daughter Marigold.
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Volume 11
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seatsAmong the subjects covered in this volume are Churchill’s return to Conservatism in 1924, the General Strike of 1926 and the continuing coal strike that year, and Churchill’s stint as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir Martin Gilbert includes new material about Churchill’s life at Chartwell, his friendships, and his political and personal relationships, both with the leading figures of the day and with many of those who were then embarking on their own political careers.
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