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"Ashley Jackson describes the contours and contradictions of Churchill's remarkable life and career as a solider, politician, historian, journalist, painter, amateur farmer and homemaker. From thrusting subaltern to high-flying politician, Cabinet outcast to elder statesman, this is the et...

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Main Author: Jackson, Ashley (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York ; London : Quercus, 2014.
Subjects:
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965.
Statesmen > Great Britain > Biography.
Prime ministers > Great Britain > Biography.
Summary: "Ashley Jackson describes the contours and contradictions of Churchill's remarkable life and career as a solider, politician, historian, journalist, painter, amateur farmer and homemaker. From thrusting subaltern to high-flying politician, Cabinet outcast to elder statesman, this is the eternally fascinating story of Winston Churchill's appointment with destiny."--Amazon.com.
Physical Description: 415 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-388) and index.
ISBN: 9781623658045
1623658047
Author Notes: Ashley Jackson is Professor of Imperial and Military History at King's College London, and a Visiting Fellow of Kellogg College, University of Oxford. He is the author of numerous books including The British Empire and the Second World War, The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction , and Buildings of Empire . He completed his doctorate at New College, University of Oxford in 1996. He teaches at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, where the King's College Defence Studies Department is based.

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