Churchills Grand Alliance: The Anglo-American Special Relationship 1940-57 - Couverture souple

Charmley, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0156004704 ISBN 13 : 9780156004701

Editeur : Houghton Mifflin, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Charmley John

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0156004704
• ISBN 13: 9780156004701
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 444