Churchill's Grand Alliance : The Anglo-American Special Relationship, 1940-57
by Charmley, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0151275815
- ISBN 13
- 9780151275816
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Synopsis
The New York Times Book Review called John Charmley's previous book on Winston Churchill "entertaining, informative, and infuriating." With equally impressive scholarship, eloquence, and wit, Charmley now turns to the Anglo-American "special relationship" that was the cornerstone of Churchill's foreign policy, ruthlessly stripping away the myth to reveal the unsentimental reality of the Churchill years and beyond, from 1940 to 1957. Churchill carried on the war because of his misguided faith that U.S. help could be enlisted to save the British Empire, contends Charmley. President Roosevelt, however, sought an end to imperialism and thus entered the war only belatedly, ensuring that Britian would end the war weak and dependent on America. And Britian did indeed become a U.S. "pensioner"-a reality dramatically confirmed in 1956, when American pressure led to the removal of Prime Minister Anthony Eden. With vivid assessments of Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Churchill, and Eden, John Charmley brilliantly continues his though-provoking-and sometimes infuriating-ways.
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- Title
- Churchill's Grand Alliance : The Anglo-American Special Relationship, 1940-57
- Author
- Charmley, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151275815
- ISBN 13
- 9780151275816
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 0151275815, Churchill Winston Sir 1874 1965 Great Britain Foreign Relations 20th , Century United States Biography Autobiography Historical Political Science , International 0151275815 World War II British History And Culture
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- World War II;
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