| Description |
724 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Birth and parentage -- Schoolboy and cadet -- Subaltern and war correspondent -- Member at parliament -- Colonial under-secretary -- President of the board of trade -- Home secretary -- First lord of the admiralty -- Early married life -- Antwerp and the Dardanelles -- Battalion commander and opposition spokesman -- Munitions -- Secretary of state in the post-war coalition -- Out of parliament, 1922-4 -- Chancellor of the exchequer -- Private life and public critics, 1918-29 -- Out of office: Indian affairs -- The road to war -- Private life: historian and journalist, 1929-39 -- First lord again -- The finest hour -- The expanding war -- 1942, the critical year -- From Alamein to \Overlord -- From D-day to VE-day -- The caretaker government and the election, May to July 1945 -- Leader of the opposition 1945-9 -- On the edge of power 1950--1 -- Prime minister again 1951-5 -- In retirement 1955-65 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 646-660 |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
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Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056824
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
73021276 |
| ISBN |
0525235108 |
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