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Churchill, Winston,--Sir,--1874-1965, Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography, Great Britain--Politics and government--1936-1945, Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-1964.
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1984
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DA566.9.C5C23 1984eb
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941.082/092/4
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Churchill, Winston,--Sir,--1874-1965, Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography, Great Britain--Politics and government--1936-1945, Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-1964.
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Churchill: Retreat from Empire
by Raymond A. Callahan
Scholarly Resources Inc. Wilmington, Delaware
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1984 by Raymond A. Callahan All rights reserved First published 1984 Printed and bound in the United States of America
Scholarly Resources Inc. 104 Greenhill Avenue Wilmington, Delaware 19805
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Callahan, Raymond. Churchill: retreat from Empire.
Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Churchill, Winston, Sir, 18741965. 2. Prime ministersGreat BritainBiography. 3.Great BritainPolitics and government19361945. 4. Great BritainPolitics and government19451964. I. Title. DA566.9.C5C23 1984 941.082'092'4 [B] 83-20285 ISBN 0-8420-2210-4
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To Mary Helen
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I went to bed ... conscious of a profound sense of relief ... I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been a preparation for this hour and for this trial ... I was sure I should not fail. WINSTON CHURCHILL,recalling the moment in 1940 when he became prime minister
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Contents
Preface
xi
Abbreviations
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Prologue London, 2628 May 1940
1
Chapter One The Long Preparation
11
Chapter Two We Shall Never Surrender
69
Chapter Three We Mean To Hold Our Own
155
Chapter Four Missing the War
245
Epilogue London, 25 January 1965
267
Note on Further Reading
271
Index
283
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Preface
Some years ago A. J. P. Taylor wrote a clever essay entitled "Daddy, What Was Winston Churchill?" The title captures the difficulty of getting Churchill properly into focus. Was he the greatest war leader of modern times, a popular view still powerful, or the petulant, nagging nuisance so many generals and their biographers have depicted? Professional historians, swamped by the documentary deluge of the last decade, have produced numerous monographs on Britain's role during the Second World War in which the prime minister appears like a Greek deity, irrupting into the story for reasons not always clear to further or thwart some individual, institution, or policy. It is difficult to form a complete and balanced picture of the man and his effect on the course of events. In a sense Churchill has defeated the historians, for it seems very doubtful that any of them will ever write the final word on his remarkable life. His longevity, the variety of incident that filled his years, and the truly staggering volume of evidence to be mastered are only the beginning of the problems. The most daunting obstacle is the quasi-mythic stature he has assumed. The critical evaluation of a national monument is a tricky business, particularly when the nation in question is not the writer's own. In the face of all these difficulties, I have set myself the task of trying to synthesize in a book of moderate size the mass of material now available on Churchill's role at the climactic moment in British history when victory in war led to the death of an empire. Because this is my purpose I have concentrated on the years from 1940 to 1955. Churchill not only led Britain through its greatest war but also lingered on at the center of the national consciousness to cushion, with his massive prestige, the pain as Britain's world position slowly
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disintegrated. This last service may have been a distinctly ambiguous bequest to his beloved Island Race.
To write a book is to amass obligations. My greatest is to those students, colleagues, and friends who, over the years, have listened to me discuss Churchill's career and, with their questions, sharpened my own perceptions. I began writing this book while on a sabbatical leave from the University of Delaware and finished it during a year spent at the Combat Studies Institute of the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College as John F. Morrison Professor of Military History. I would particularly like to acknowledge the support I received from the institute's director, Colonel William Stofft, and from Genevieve Hart, who typed, and retyped, with efficiency and good humor. The dedication expresses my greatest debt.
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