The Cambridge Companion to Winston Churchill

Presents a full and rounded picture of Winston Churchill, providing much needed nuance and context to the debates about his life and legacy.

Allen Packwood (Edited by)

9781108794169, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 January 2023

484 pages
22.7 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.64 kg

Viewed by some as the saviour of his nation, and by others as a racist imperialist, who was Winston Churchill really, and how has he become such a controversial figure? Combining the best of established scholarship with important new perspectives, this Companion places Churchill's life and legacy in a broader context. It highlights different aspects of his life and personality, examining his core beliefs, working practices, key relationships and the political issues and campaigns that he helped shape, and which in turn shaped him. Controversial subjects, such as area bombing, Ireland, India and Empire are addressed in full, to try and explain how Churchill has become such a deeply divisive figure. Through careful analysis, this book presents a full and rounded picture of Winston Churchill, providing much needed nuance and context to the debates about his life and legacy.

List of Figure
List of Contributors
Foreword Lord Boateng
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Who Was Winston Churchill? Allen Packwood
1. Churchill's Contested History Warren Dockter and Allen Packwood
2. The Inheritance of Winston Churchill David Lough
3. Learning Lessons: Lieutenant Churchill and Military Intelligence Warren Dockter
4. Churchill as a Writer and Orator Peter Clarke
5. Churchill and Social Policy Peter Sloman
6. Churchill, the 'Irish Question', and the Irish Niamh Gallagher
7. Churchill's First World War Sean Lang
8. Churchill, Art and Politics Barry Phipps
9. Churchill's Economics Martin Daunton
10. Churchill, The Roosevelts and Empire Piers Brendon
11. Churchill, India and Race Kishan Rana
12. Churchill's Campaign against Appeasement Gaynor Johnson
13. Churchill as War Leader Allen Packwood
14. Churchill and 'The Special Relationship' David Woolner
15. Churchill as International Statesman David Reynolds
16. Churchill and the Bombing Campaign Victoria Taylor
17. The Influence of Clementine Churchill Sonia Purnell
18. Churchill and 'The United States of Europe' Richard Toye
19. Churchill's Indian Summer or Conservative Winter? H. Kumarasingham
Conclusion: Where next for Winston Churchill? Allen Packwood
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Index.

Subject Areas: Politics & government [JP], British & Irish history [HBJD1], General & world history [HBG]