Warlord : a life of Winston Churchill at war, 1874-1945 / Carlo D'Este.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

D'Este, Carlo, 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Military leadership.

Churchill, Winston.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Command of troops.

Great Britain--History, Military--20th century.

Great Britain.

History, Military.

Great Britain--History, Military--19th century.

Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 845 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper, [2008]

Summary:

A biography of Winston Churchill's astonishing military career from his youth through World War II.

Contents:

Introduction: Born for War xiii

Prologue: May 10, 1940 1

Chapter 1 Toy Soldiers 5

Chapter 2 "A Barren and Unhappy Period of My Life" 15

Chapter 3 Sandhurst 27

Chapter 4 A Young Man on the Make: The Fourth Queen's Own Hussars 39

Chapter 5 The Jewel of Empire: India, 1896-1897 50

Chapter 6 A Taste of War: The North-West Prontier, 1897 62

Chapter 7 Soldier of Fortune 75

Chapter 8 Omdurman 84

Chapter 9 David Versus Goliath 98

Chapter 10 The Boer War 108

Chapter 11 The Great Escapade 120

Chapter 12 "The Red Gleam of War" 134

Chapter 14 Star Bright 150

Chapter 15 The Odd Couple 163

Chapter 16 "Alarm Bells Throughout Europe" 174

Chapter 17 First Lord of the Admiralty 185

Chapter 18 Lighting the Bonfire 198

Chapter 19 The Architect of War 212

Chapter 20 Churchill's Private Army 226

Chapter 21 "Damn the Dardanelles! They Will be Our Grave." 237

Chapter 22 The Reckoning 251

Chapter 23 Penance 263

Chapter 24 "In Flanders Fields" 277

Chapter 25 "Winston's Folly" 287

Chapter 26 "A Hopelessly Obsolete, Old-Fashioned Warrior" 299

Chapter 27 The Shame of Munich 312

Chapter 28 "Bring Back Churchill" 322

Chapter 29 "Winston is Back" 334

Chapter 30 Warlord in Waiting 344

Chapter 31 The Norway Debacle 353

Chapter 32 The Loneliest Man in Britain 367

Chapter 33 "Action This Day" 377

Chapter 34 Minister of Defense 388

Chapter 35 The Central War Room 400

Chapter 36 Disaster in Flanders Fields 411

Chapter 37 Deliverance 422

Chapter 38 "Don't Give Way To Fear" 432

Chapter 39 "What a Summer to Waste on War" 444

Chapter 40 "Set Europe Ablaze" 452

Chapter 41 London Burning 466

Chapter 42 Wavell on the Hot Seat 482

Chapter 43 The President and the "Former Naval Person" 497

Chapter 44 Mediterranean Misadventures 509

Chapter 45 Disaster in Crete 520

Chapter 46 The Endless Desert War 533

Chapter 47 "Colonel Shrapnel" 547

Chapter 48 Chickens Roosting in the Far East 557

Chapter 49 The Quest for Generalship 572

Chapter 50 Getting it Right 580

Chapter 51 Alamein: The Turning Point 595

Chapter 52 Ike 603

Chapter 53 Torch and Casablanca 608

Chapter 54 Down the Garden Path 615

Chapter 55 Amid the Ruins of Carthage 627

Chapter 56 The Strategic Air Campaign 639

Chapter 57 Stranding the Whale 649

Chapter 58 Overlord At Last 659

Chapter 59 Summer of Discontent 669

Chapter 60 Victory 683

Epilogue: The Last Farewell-a Look Back 696.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [795]-807) and index.

ISBN:

9780060575731

0060575735

OCLC:

179806754