Winston Churchill

Richard Toye is Professor of Modern History at the University of Exeter, UK. He has published widely in the field of 19th and 20th-century British and international history, including three books on Winston Churchill.

[A] valuable biographical compendium that shows Churchill both beloved and controversial … Historians and students of British history have much to gain by reading these commendable essays. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.

• 1. Introduction Richard Toye (University of Exeter, UK)2. Churchill: The Young Statesman, 1901-1914 David Thackeray (University of Exeter, UK)3. Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty, 23 October 1911 - 24 May 1915 Martin Thornton, (University of Leeds, UK)4. Churchill as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1924–9) and the Return to the Gold Standard Peter Catterall (University of Westminster, UK)5. Churchill and Labour Chris Wrigley (University of Nottingham, UK)6. Churchill and the General Strike, 1926 Peter Catterall (University of Westminster, UK)7. Churchill and Women Paul Addison (University of Edinburgh, UK)8. Churchill and Empire Richard Toye9. Churchill and the Islamic World Warren Dockter (University of Cambridge, UK)10. Churchill and Airpower Richard Overy (University of Exeter, UK)11. Churchill as Strategist in World War Two Jeremy Black (University of Exeter, UK)12. The Birth of the Anglo-American 'Special Relationship' David Woolner (Roosevelt Institute)13. Churchill and Nuclear Weapons Kevin Ruane (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK)14. Winston Churchill and the Cold War Kevin RuaneIndex